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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf I say they were butchered, face-off.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

But the really telling language begins with the next sentence: "The situation has renewed the debate over whether reopening slaughterhouses in the United States — the last ones closed in 2007 — would help address the problem.". Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant. Financially).