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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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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. I’ve written before at length about how conservation and animal rights , while often drawing on mutual a reverence of nature, are different beasts. To a point.

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We Should Kill More Lions

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The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. Take the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. I’ve discussed this, at length, before. There is no solidarity among the big cats.

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