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Their Nov issue's stories include:

Animal Issues and Advocacy Seven-year-old tells his teacher: Animals are not 'things.' Thailand saves pangolins (a kind of anteater) bound for China restaurants. Activists comfort dying dolphins. A Thanksgiving prayer for mercy. "The Humane Farming Association recently shot undercover video at an Ohio pig farm which shows animals living and dying in conditions far more horrifying than one finds in any torture camp."

Books, Movies and Perspectives Get healthy - by eating chocolate! Inspiring and eye-opening documentary: "Sharkwater."

Health Fat, processed meat, beef, pork and alcohol raises cancer risk, report warns.
“Every 1.7 ounces of processed meat consumed a day increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 21%.”
One of the key recommendations is "Eat mostly foods of plant origin." Free range eggs are more nutritious. Study: Wild-caught fish contain elevated levels of toxins. Troubling meaty 'estrogen' "...diets rich in red meats might elevate breast-cancer risk." You can't judge a piece of meat by its reddish-pink cover.

Environment UN panel gives dire warming forecast. Growing demand for meat will contribute to prolonged food shortages. Factory farm antibiotics far from healthy for humans. US: Protections for threatened sea turtles rescinded. Attention scallop-eaters: "loggerhead and other turtles [are] being entangled, crushed and drowned when they are swept up by industrial-sized scallop dredges." Fish species in Europe threatened.

Lifestyles and Trends US survey: Teen vegetarians on the rise. "According to the latest Harris poll, three percent of teens are vegetarians, up from one percent in 1997." Developing countries increase fat consumption - and disease. 72-year-old former 'Mr. America' still going strong - and buff - on veggies. Is veganism the new vegetarianism? UK veggie group launches Vegan Month.