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A dog wearing an electric shock collar

Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them

1 March 2018

There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them. About time, says Danny Chambers
A supermarket shelf stocked with different cans and jars

Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

28 February 2018

There's a danger that if society condemns all processed food as bad then research into its many potential benefits will be hampered, warns Nicola Temple

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