BostonPeter
What's It Like for a Wild Animal with Cancer?
We just spent the week in the lap of medical luxury, surrounded by nurses, physicians, residents, dietitians, technicians, aides with every conceivable purpose to ensure my husband was making progress toward his return to robust health. If you saw my last posting you know how much we appreciated all this.
This morning I glanced out the window and watched a squirrel on our side deck (if you know me, you know I didn't shoot this ... it's a Getty photo) and my mind began to blend images of the week we just spent at the hospital and this sweet angel out in the freezing cold on my deck. I thought: what if her body is being chewed up by Cancer, what if next week, she'll succumb -- outside -- alone -- in the winter cold.
What can we do? Not much, I imagine, but we could consider that pesticides are probably a factor. We could also take a quick moment to be nice to wild animals. If they're going to die painfully and alone maybe we can try to help them enjoy their lives once in a while by making things a little easier for them.
www.livescience.com/9680-cancer-kills-wild-animals.html
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Why Veganism:
What's It Like for a Wild Animal with Cancer?
We just spent the week in the lap of medical luxury, surrounded by nurses, physicians, residents, dietitians, technicians, aides with every conceivable purpose to ensure my husband was making progress toward his return to robust health. If you saw my last posting you know how much we appreciated all this.
This morning I glanced out the window and watched a squirrel on our side deck (if you know me, you know I didn't shoot this ... it's a Getty photo) and my mind began to blend images of the week we just spent at the hospital and this sweet angel out in the freezing cold on my deck. I thought: what if her body is being chewed up by Cancer, what if next week, she'll succumb -- outside -- alone -- in the winter cold.
What can we do? Not much, I imagine, but we could consider that pesticides are probably a factor. We could also take a quick moment to be nice to wild animals. If they're going to die painfully and alone maybe we can try to help them enjoy their lives once in a while by making things a little easier for them.
www.livescience.com/9680-cancer-kills-wild-animals.html
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Why Veganism: