But what makes the Grumpy Vegan wonder is how many other medical students got up to the same thing. Is Frist the first?With accusations flying around about George W. Bush’s DWI conviction and allegations made against Laura Bush of vehicular homicide (not to mention the illegal Iraqi war), who needs the leader of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senator to be an admitted “kitty-killer”?
In his autobiography Transplant, U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, while in medical school, admits to adopting cats from shelters, living with them as companions, and then using them in his research experiments. In all fairness, it must be pointed out that Frist describes this behavior as a “heinous and dishonest thing to do.”
Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
New Book!
Kim Stallwood's forthcoming book explores what it means to care deeply about animals and discovers how we can live peacefully with ourselves and others by proposing four key values: truth, compassion, nonviolence and interbeing.
