Word: veterinarian
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...others, the issue is neither polygamy nor religion but simple sexual abuse. According to Dave Perrin, 60, a local veterinarian and author of the book Keep Sweet, which chronicles the life of former Bountiful "celestial wife" Debbie Palmer, polygamy as it is practiced at Bountiful can encourage and has encouraged unions involving underage girls. Perrin says that in researching Keep Sweet, he unearthed allegations of sexual abuse of minors, which he argues should be the foundation of the government's case against Bountiful's leaders (as it was in the successful prosecution of Jeffs in the U.S. after the prosecutors...
...force behind Kuzumaki's programs is Tetsuo Nakamura, the town's mayor from 1999 until August of last year. Nakamura, a veterinarian and farmer with the handshake of a salesman, decided nearly a decade ago that Kuzumaki could become a role model for the rest of the country by developing itself as an exemplar of environmental best practices. "It was clear to me that the environment and food would be critical issues in the 21st century," says Nakamura. So he set about working with, and getting funding from, the government, NEDO, and Tohoku Denryoku, a Japanese power generation company...
...that guides its supporters, but rather the philosophy and predisposition that govern its practical form. Massachusetts is one of just 16 states to permit dog racing inside its borders, but it does so with a healthy dose of oversight. For example, since 2001, state law has mandated that a veterinarian be on duty to examine greyhounds before and after each race, that dog droppings must be removed daily from the kennel area, and that the state racing commission should address every complaint of greyhound abuse. Between 2005 and 2006, just 0.15 percent of this state’s racing dogs...
...fact, Blue had hip dysplasia, a fairly common and sometimes crippling degenerative condition in dogs and cats. The cure - a complete hip replacement - would keep Blue in recovery for up to six months. So while Waters mulled the surgery, Blue's regular veterinarian sent Waters to see another local vet, Kathy Mitchener, who was trained in acupuncture, to treat Blue's pain. But Mitchener had a better idea. She offered a cutting-edge stem-cell transplant, a therapy not yet available to humans, that would potentially help Blue's hip repair itself...
...inspectors are typically too far down the kill line to either see the live animal, or witness its death. Moreover, collusion with slaughterhouse workers is common—a 2006 New York Times investigation found inspectors accepting gifts from plant managers and playing computer games on the job. The veterinarian at Hallmark/Westland arrived every day at a pre-announced time—and workers only abused the animals outside of these hours...