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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 That was my first Savanna Elephant in the wild.

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As long as it's legal, who am I to judge?

Animal Person

Funny thing is that the professor of the next class disagreed with some of that, and there's a class devoted to the history and function of our laws. Using animals in all manner of ways is legal, and many people enjoy using them. It merely transitioned from illegal to legal (or vice versa). But back to the beginning.

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