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10 Reasons Street Dogs Deserve to be Defended

4 The Love Of Animals

They want to know about my scars and whether it was hard to train me (whatever that means). While we call them “strays,” implying they just absent-mindedly wandered away from home, most of them are what the rest of the world calls “street” dogs (and cats). People are always asking my human what kind of dog I am and where I came from.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. You could easily argue," he added, that the resources necessary to buy and train a new monkey would be a net minus for animal welfare.