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A healthy diet for healthy pets

4 The Love Of Animals

It’s no secret that a healthy diet is the path to a long and vigorous lifestyle, and that is certainly true for our pets. We all know this, but how can you be sure that you’re providing your companion with the best possible diet for a healthy lifestyle? So the only way to influence their healthy lifestyle is through their diet.

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Roger Scruton on the Duty to Eat Meat

Animal Ethics

We should not abandon our meat-eating habits, but remoralize them, by incorporating them into affectionate human relations, and using them in the true Homeric manner, as instruments of hospitality, conviviality and peace. I believe, however, that there is another remedy, and one more in keeping with the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

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Choosing a food that is right for you and your dog

4 The Love Of Animals

However choosing what food to feed your pet is a major decision especially as there are different types of food specifically designed for different breeds and lifestyles. Pro Plan has been serving pets and their owners for more than eighty years, and is continually advancing the science behind pet care and nutrition.

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Snail Kites at East Lake Toho

10,000 Birds

In addition to the their very thin and heavily curved bill, which is perfect for getting into a snail shell and ripping the meat out, Snail Kites also have very thin talons, something I hadn’t realized before digging through the hundreds of shots I took of this pair. Check out the talons (and the bands) in this heavily cropped picture.

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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

The only cool thing is that Gene Bauer's views on the meat industry are so similar to those expressed on this blog a few weeks ago. While a nationwide vegan or vegetarian lifestyle change is highly unlikely, the abuse can be maintained through increased government regulation. How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act?

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The site uses a unique interactive technology to offer "human-like" interviews that probe the ethical dimensions of diet and lifestyle choices. Please stop by for a visit, take the interview as a meat eater to see how it works (regardless of whether you eat meat), and consider adding a link to eInterview.org from your web site.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I don’t necessarily advocate vegetarianism, but those looking to improve the sustainability of their lifestyles should take a look at their diet. Reducing meat consumption, particularly of beef, is one of the simplest and most rewarding things we can do. Nadia Eghbal Tübingen, Germany, May 26, 2008