At first glance, Garfield seems like any other yellow tabby. He arrived at West Suburban Humane Society dirty, matted and sick – all pretty common for a homeless cat. But Garfield is no ordinary cat. His story takes him from Downers Grove Illinois, all the way to Lafayette Indiana, to the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. Staff and volunteers at the shelter noticed that Garfield was drinking and urinating excessively, worrisome symptoms of something potentially serious. Local vets had little luck diagnosing or treating him, so through a contact at Purdue, Garfield traveled south for treatment. Vet Scott Owens, of the Small Animal Hospital at Purdue, tells the rest of Garfield’s extraordinary story, and the mystery surrounding him. Garfield’s life has been tough – unwanted by his owner and plagued by a mysterious illness, he was fortunate to find his way to WSHS. Through the efforts of the staff, volunteers, his local vets, and the vets at Purdue, he finally got the treatment he needed – not to mention a new home!
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July, 2011 Archive
The Curious Case of Garfield the Cat – Re-Posted
Lierre Keith At Berkeley City College – Part 4
November 22, 2009 We’ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we’ve been led astray–not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance. The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won’t save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil–the basis of life itself. Keith argues that if we are to save this planet, our food must be an act of profound and abiding repair: it must come from inside living communities, not be imposed across them. Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth will challenge everything you thought you knew about food politics.