Tricia Springstubb, The Plain Dealer, January 11, 2009
At last! We’ve installed a 100-percent squirrel- proof bird feeder. I’m gloating over the desperation of the fat-tailed rodent who normally hoovers up the seed and, if I’m not quick enough on the refill, sets to gnawing the back door. He is relentless in his dangling upside down, flattening himself against the lid and rising up on his hind legs, beating his chest. Foiled!
And then I begin to read Temple Grandin’s “Animals Make Us Human.”
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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VALERIE TAPLEY, Red and Black, GA, 7/3/08
In response to Tulsi Patel’s column “Vegetarian pleas for animals,” (June 19), first, Ms. Patel, I do applaud you for having an opinion on this issue, as so many people are apathetic about many parts of our culture today.
However, I hope you see that people like myself, who are hoping to enter the meat industry as an employee in the near future, are not writing articles in an attempt to convert vegetarians to meat-eaters.
I’m glad you have a lifestyle you’re proud of, but that doesn’t mean I want to necessarily be converted to your ways of thinking. I do grant that you are able to get an adequate intake from a vegetarian diet, so long as you watch carefully your intake of certain vitamins and proteins.
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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agriculture,
livestock,
meat,
misconceptions,
PETA,
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