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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). FWC officers arrived at a reptile facility and forcefully killed 29 reticulated pythons, 5 Burmese pythons, and 1 pregnant Boa constrictor.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. Before leaving the safety of the car I heeded the park’s advice and checked for animal tracks belonging to any biting, gnawing, mauling, trampling, stabbing or disembowelling species. This is a small and very interesting park in northern Namibia.

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SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux

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Meanwhile, "new speciesism" is the notion that within a paradigm where rights are included for nonhuman animals, some are more deserving of rights than others for any of a variety of reasons (e.g., Although we have reptilian ancestors, we didn't descend from reptiles or any species alive today (105).