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First C-Section Performed on a Shark!

4 The Love Of Animals

Six months into the shark’s gestation, the park’s animal team noticed a complication with her pregnancy and determined an emergency C-section was necessary. The Discovery Cove animal team and vets are continuing to monitor mom and her pups, who are doing well and eating and behaving normally. sharks wildlife'

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I think it is safe to say that yes, an intelligent animal is unhappy, even downright miserable, being confined to a crate two by seven feet for months on end. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America.