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PETA Petition to Stop Animal Torture at Defense Department

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But it certainly raised my awareness that animals are used in military trauma-training exercises. Thousands of live animals are shot, stabbed, dismembered, burned, and poisoned every year in Department of Defense (DoD) training exercises designed to train medics and infantry in how to treat various human battlefield injuries.

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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

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The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. But that would be unfair.

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. An area on her abdomen the size and shape of a pie pan was open.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Groups like the American Veterinary Medical Association support these modern egg-laying housing systems. These modern systems allow hens to stand up, turn around, lie down and walk to clean water and nutritious food troughs. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy. It was when HĂ©lène says to Ned, “And when the stakes were the highest, you raised an eagle on your glove.”.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers. I’ve raised a vegan child since conception. Many adults do not understand the difference between feeding a baby, a child and themselves. George Mazzei St.