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Shame on the European Games: Save the Dogs
Does Your Dog Actually Understand You When You Speak?
Victoria Ratcliffe, a graduate student at the University of Sussex in England, set up an experiment to demonstrate that dogs do in fact pay attention to the meanings of words, and not just to the tone in which they are delivered. She’s discovered that dogs process that information in a different part of the brain from where they process emotional cues in speech.
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Compassionate Canine Companions
Upon discovering the horrors of factory farming, it’s only natural to want to remove one’s support from such cruelty, starting with ceasing the consumption of animal products in one’s own diet.
After a while, it makes sense to wonder if there’s more we can (and should) be doing to minimize our contribution to animal suffering. For example, what are we feeding the family dog(s)?
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