6FPS is out: V7#8: Where to Draw the Line?

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In This Issue

When you get involved with things like Animal Rescue work, or with a Humane Society that takes in and manages pets people no longer can keep (or simply are tired of having), one of the big challenges faced is the question of where to draw the line. When is an animal better served with euthanasia? Unfortunately, one aspect of that decision is cost, and many times tough decisions need to be made by those in charge of care of these animals. In this issue I talk about this challenge because of a controversy involving a rescue organization I used to donate to back in Silicon Valley, my bird’s veterinarian of over 30 years, and some well meaning people who tried to redraw a line and (in my view) did so in a very unfortunate way.

I also go deeper into my caffeine-free life where I continued to struggle with just how bad decaffeinated teas are, and an experiment I ran seeing if I could shift my morning drinking to decaf coffee. Loyal readers, as you can probably imagine, that did not go well. That experiment ended, I went to plan C, and I’m now happily drinking an herbal peppermint tea that has zero caffeine in it (because it’s important to remember, decaffeinated means “reduced caffeine”, not “no caffeine”.

Table of Contents

• Summer Birds

• Coffee Time

• Back to the Shop

• Property Spam

• This Month’s Birthday Build

• What's New From Chuq?

• Where to Draw the Line?

• Recent Photography

• For Your Consideration

  • Photography

  • Birds and Birding

  • Science and Technology

  • Interesting Stuff

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