Vegan Bites: Sea Kittens, Stem Cells, Sundaes, & Cancer
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Vegan Bites: a roundup of veg-related news and other stuff…
Animal Person writes about PETA: “when I saw the Sea Kittens campaign my initial reaction was: Well done! They found a way to quickly, easily make the connection between the sentience of fish, whom I think we can all admit are a bit difficult to relate to, and the sentience of kitten. And everyone loves a kitten and surely doesn’t want any harm to come to their adorable, puffy little selves.” more >>
Stem cells better than animal testing: “It could save a lot of time and effort of taking the wrong drugs through, or it may allow drugs through which are lost at an early stage, because they affect the animal cells but don’t have an effect on human cells.” more >>
Prince Edward hit his dog? “Animal charities have accused Prince Edward of setting a “sickening example” as pictures showed him apparently hitting his dog.” more >>
Oldie, but goodie, Top Ten Overbred Dogs: Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Beagle, Boxer, Dachshund, Poodle, Shih Tzu, & Bulldog. more >>
Vegan Malta: “Be kind to all creation this festive season by choosing a vegetarian lunch or dinner. There is a host of delicious vegetarian cuisine to choose from. There are numerous vegetarian recipe books on the market or just visit the website of the local vegetarian society www.vegmalta.org.” more >>
Yummy looking soy sundaes: “I’m not sure why we’re still craving sundaes when there is frost on the ground, but if soy sundaes were on our food pyramid, they’d be right on the bottom with grains.” more >>
HSUS on adopting a senior: “I celebrate the people who go to shelters or rescue groups to adopt any homeless dog or cat. It’s an act of love and kindness. But I have a special place in my heart for people who adopt senior pets.” more >>
A holiday photo-essay accompanied by song lyrics: “shame on us, doomed from the start, may god have mercy, on our dirty little hearts” more >>
Meat and cancer go hand-in-hand: “Large studies in England and Germany showed that vegetarians were about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer compared to meat eaters.” more >>
re: HSUS on adopting a senior
In addition to senior animals and animals with health or behavioral issues, another situation that makes placement more difficult is when two animals are bonded and must be adopted as a pair.
That’s how (and why) we came to adopt Kaylee and Jayne; they’d been abandoned in a house with a third dog, who had been adopted rather quickly. (A trio is even harder to rehome together, given many towns’ animal ordinances, so I guess the rescue group was willing to split one dog off.) But because Kaylee was older and had bad teeth, and Jayne had anxiety issues, and they had to be placed together, it took the rescue group 7 months to find them a home!
For anyone thinking about adopting, if you don’t currently have any animals, consider adopting a bonded pair. It might be a little more work initially, but if your goal is to eventually have two dogs (or cats) anyway, it’ll save you from worrying whether your “new” and “old” dog will get along further down the road. (And of course this goes for anyone who wants 3+ animals, too!)
And, Granny Annie – what a cutie!
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