Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

First of all, it highlights the deficiencies of today's chefs' training. Vegetarians and vegans know that you get protein from vegetables. And frankly, I'm not sure these chefs have the training to do anything that doesn't involve a baby animal. Tags: exotic meats meat cooking. It just irritates the hell out of me.

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Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

I've never watched it, but heard it talked about on a vegan podcast. It's supposed to be so intense, it turns people into vegans (Ellen DeGeneres for one.) Tags: animal abuse animal cruelty. "Earthlings" is a film about animal abuse narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. The Earthlings trailer can be viewed at [link].

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

First, check out " The Vegan Solution: An Ideal Whose Time Has Come " over at Care2. And former vegan, Chuck Roomi, who says veganism isn't practical "For people who do not have a desire to eat exotic foods from thousands of miles away, or mechanically-formulated suplements" also warrants a response. So many things to say today.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The fact that if puppies don't get enough love when they are young means they aren't likely to grow into dogs like Benjy explains a lot about greyhounds who are bred, trained and forced to race. Charles, however, who was also bred and trained to race, did so exactly twice. Yes, there's a vegan message.

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Animal Person

MAY 3, 2009

I began my journey by discovering something you all probably know, which is that you can substitute cooked black-eyed peas or adzuki beans for flour, like in the recipe for the above vegan flourless chocolate cake. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters. I may never use flour again. And so we ended up with this--.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

This brings up the question of how one can distinguish between what is forbidden by lactovo moral vegetarianism and vegan moral vegetarianism. Suppose it were discovered that with proper training lions and tigers could live on zebra-flavored soy products. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 10, 2010

The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned." Of course, you're supposed to hop onto the following train of thought: These are good people. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist.

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