A round-up of news and other stuff from across the veg web….

• Dogs: Dogs as Smart as 2-year-old Kids “While dogs ranked with the 2-year-olds in language, they would trump a 3- or 4-year-old in basic arithmetic, Coren found. In terms of social smarts, our drooling furballs fare even better.” link
• Kids: “THE unsanitary practices of staff at a Kentucky Fried Chicken shop could have led to a young girl becoming crippled and brain damaged after she ate a Chicken Twister” link
• Health: “Vegetarianism has been around since Pythagoras, so it’s hardly the latest fad.” [...] “Compared to our meat-eating comrades, vegetarians experience a 50 percent lower rate of heart disease, a 40 percent lower cancer rate and a lifespan of 6-10 years longer” link
• Food: “If you want to reap all the nutritional benefits cauliflower has to offer, your best bet is to enjoy it raw, cutting up the heads into small, bite-sized florets.” link
• Bacteria: “industrial agriculture is fostering and dispersing drug-resistant bacteria that impair medicine’s ability to protect the public from them.” link
• Fitness: “Bob Harper from The Biggest Loser went vegetarian for his health—and his cholesterol count dropped 100 points.” link
• Cupcakes: “Interview with vegan cupcake caterer Janet Hudson. link“
• Shoes: “Mike Dirnt’s new 45 RPM shoe he designed with vegan shoe company MacBeth not only saves animals’ hides, it saves human soles too. All royalties from the sales of 45 RPM go to the shoe charity , an international group that provides shoes to people in need.” link
• Birds: “the U.S. Postal Service is considering a ban on publications that include advertisements for cockfighting. That’s a good thing, right? Of course. But”… link
• Stephen Colbert: “I’m now convinced that there’s a vegan, vegetarian or animal advocate of some stripe on The Colbert Report payroll. This segment is just too spot on to have been written by an unrepentant speciesist.” link
• Donuts: “Starting in 2008, a few [Dunkin' Donuts] stores located just outside the Washington, D.C.-area added soy milk to their menus after working with Compassion Over Killing and learning about the increasing demand for healthier and more humane options.” Now it’s time for more stores to offer vegan options. link
• Puppymills: “The Humane Society of the United States applauds the North Carolina Senate for passing S.B. 460 to crack down on abusive puppy mills.” link
• Pets: A reminder to outfit your companions with ID tags and microchips. Also: why you should include your pets in your will. link

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