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Beyond Companionship: How Pets Can Help Your Health

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Psychological benefits. Studies have found that pets play an important supportive role and can help with psychological health issues such as reducing the effects of loneliness and depression. Pets have also been shown to reduce stress levels in the workplace and help people improve their productivity and organisation.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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Many people who have bird feeders now use patterns or screens or paint to keep their windows from looking like the entryway to greenery, some even install bird-friendly glass, chosen from a list of products evaluated by the American Bird Conservancy. It’s not enough. There are far fewer photographs of dead birds than I expected.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change." And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. In the author's words.

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What Friends are For

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How ridiculous is it that " On the Psychological Continuum ," to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella's Fur Den? Is it like buying those shoes that have no animal products but are made by a design house that uses animals regularly? So this was in my e-mail box this morning.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

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Freedom Service Dogs are essential companions to disabled service members who have physical and psychological needs that are the result of their sacrifices, and make a tremendous difference in the lives of these veterans.”. its sister, for-profit dog product-manufacturing corporation www.dublindog.com. About Freedom Service Dogs.

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Birds on Film

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The three convicted men were self-described poor white trash, variously high school dropouts, mentally handicapped, psychologically troubled, and interested in the standard 80′s trappings of the heavy-metal occult. This, to me, is the perfect meeting of what C.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Mr. Bittman has some strong answers: evolutionary psychology, convenience and propaganda posing as marketing. Health care skyrockets out of control mainly because we have no convenient access to fresh produce and tasty, humanely raised meat products. Why eat produce that has no flavor? It’s so much easier. Why do we eat so much meat?