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On The Respectful Emperor

Animal Person

That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. I wrote often about such farmer/authors and found their rationalizations quite creepy. That's respect.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper? I addressed this one last week. Maybe on paper.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife? Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife?&# As always, thank you for caring, and for writing.

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