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Hey S - J A local homeless cat that I put food out for is about to have kittens again. She will let us stroke her, but not pick her up, so taking her to be speyed may be too stressful ( assuming that I could catch her ), as you work with the RSPCA do you have any advice? I am having a hard time finding homes for all her kittens! ( and sadly, running out of room in my tiny garden to bury the ones that dont make it ), every year this is getting more and more stressful and difficult, especially as I enevitably get attached to the kittens........ Help! The Valley Vegan................gushoneybungirl <gushoneybungirl wrote: It's really really difficult to think of any employment that is entirely 'free' of animal exploitation connections, in a world where

it is so rife. I work in the Civil Service (yawn!) and I used to have to use paintbrushes made of animal hair and paint made of beetles blood - these days it's all been taken over by computers and off the top of my head I can't think of a direct animal exploitation connection... but there are probably plenty of indirect ones! Even the voluntary work I do for the RSPCA, I'm sure that there are indirect animal exploitation issues there too if I think about it. S-JRegina Fay Brook <ginafay wrote: I totally agree.. as a nurse irregardless of how cruelty free I may try to be.. by way of medicines ie pharmaceutical testing and countless horrors that the medical community inflicts upon animals in the name of science.. I wouldnt be able to do my job at all.. I think being a

firefighter is a very noble and honorable profession.. leather aside.. Ginapeter hurd <swpgh01 wrote: I think you are doing the right thing, you cant change the fact that they use leather products, so why let it bother you. The good of what you will be doing will out weigh the bad aspects. Keep up the good work. The Valley Vegan..................John Davis <mcxg46 wrote: Hi,Still training. I've another few weeks of basic training (running round atraining ground all day carrying miscellaneous heavy objects), but these arethankfully spread out over a couple of months so I we time off in

between.After which, assuming I pass the exam and assessment at the end, I'll beallowed to go on calls, but will then have another four years' ongoingtraining before I'm announced 'competent' (hopefully!).I'm still not entirely sure I'm doing the right thing, in that I have to useleather products which is less than ideal. But I'm still hanging on in thereat the moment.John- "peter hurd" Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:24 PMRe: Questionnaire Answers : John Davis> Didnt you train to be a firefighter? How did it go?>> The Valley Vegan..............~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not

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