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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

And you’ve posted a link to a petition to an airline to ask them to stop transporting trophies. Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. This is of course an anathema for many in the animal rights camp.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

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He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. Tags: Books Current Affairs Greyhound Matters Language " Jeffrey Masson "The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving animal rights dogs service dogs.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

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To Kristof's credit, he immediately mentions a story included in "Half the Sky" about a woman who was given fertilizer for her potato crop, which flourished and was so lucrative that she became the center of power in her family because she had the money. The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course.

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