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Animals Killed Counter
This is the number of animals killed for food worldwide by the meat, egg, dairy, and fish industries DURING THE TIME YOU ARE VIEWING THIS PAGE!! The numbers are reset to zero when you leave this page. They do NOT include the millions of dogs and cats killed in animal shelters every year. These numbers do NOT include the millions of animals killed each year in vivisection laboratories. They do NOT include the animals killed while forced into blood sports like bullfighting, cockfighting, dog-fighting, and bear-baiting. They do NOT include horses and greyhounds killed after they were no longer deemed suitable for racing. They do NOT include the animals who died while held captive in circuses, rodeos, zoos, and marine parks. Please eat more plant-based vegetarian food to improve your own health and reduce animal suffering worldwide!! Plant-based food is much healthier food than animal-based food!
Animals Killed For Food While You View This Page
Animals Killed Counter
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"Tribute To A Dog" by George Graham Vest
George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830 – August 9, 1904) was a U.S. politician, born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. George Vest was a lawyer in Sedalia, Missouri, a Congressman and then a US Senator. He is best known for his "a man's best friend" closing arguments from the trial in which damages were sought for the killing of a dog named Old Drum on October 18, 1869. Vest was asked to represent Charles Burden the owner of Old Drum in the case that would make him famous, Burden v. Hornsby.
In the trial Vest was the lawyer for Burden whose hunting dog, a foxhound named Drum (or Old Drum), had been killed by a sheep farmer, Leonidas Hornsby. The farmer (Burden's brother-in-law) had previously announced his intentions to kill any dog found on his property. During the trial Vest stated that he would "win the case or apologize to every dog in Missouri." Vest's "Eulogy on the Dog" is one of the most enduring passages of purple prose in American courtroom history (read the partial transcript that has survived):