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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

Animal Person

I had to make exactly the same meal for her every day, so I moved to using Natural Balance Vegetarian kibble (note that the canned version is not vegan due to the animal source of Vitamin D3). Because Violet and Charles are chock full of medical issues, they have a handful of specialists.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important than the type of production system for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs. The next logical step for those who eat in restaurants is to demand more vegetarian-vegan options on their menus. That is never humane.