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Five-Year Old Shoots 35-Year Old in Head

Animal Person

It saddens me, and I find it extremely disturbing, that a five-year old child is giddy, and his parents (and the journalists on this program) are so pleased that he killed a 35-40-year old alligator. Let's deconstruct a few details: The young boy shot the alligator, who had been trapped , in the head and killed him. To be fair (!),

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Five Famous First Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

And the most unusual pets (alligator and silkworms) belonged to John Quincy Adams. Five Famous First Pets originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 22, 2010. Tags: random tidbits. Dogs are the most popular presidential pet. Kennedy and Calvin Coolidge owned the most pets.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

For me, the focus on culture and tradition is basically an excuse for "anything goes" when it comes to animals. Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? I wonder how much they learn about the animals other cultures eat. (In Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. But I bet anything doesn't go.

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