Let’s Catch Up!

There have been SO many things I’ve wanted to write about lately, but I’ve let summer get the best of me and been a bad little blogger. In an effort to “catch up”, here are just a few of the things I’ve been thinking about the last couple months: If you haven’t seen the documentary [...]

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Puppy Mill Rescue

This past weekend my youngest sister adopted an 8 month old puppy from the local Humane Society. She is a French bulldog/pug mix (the dog, not my sister – har har!) and has been named Ellie May. Ellie was rescued a couple weeks ago here in Minnesota: “They were in a barn in wire cages [...]

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The Great Ape Protection Act

Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction. ~Charles R. Magel Did you know that [...]

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Making a Difference

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” ~Albert Schweitzer I think about this a lot. Maybe too much. Sometimes, even though we all know there is immense suffering in the world, we ignore it. In some ways it’s a defense mechanism – how much suffering can we bear to know [...]

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