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I Remember Elephants

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I say they were butchered, face-off. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? One may say so. EU voted as a block of 28 votes “against”.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year. My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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They could also give bones to a lion (lions are easy to come by), and they could simulate an early human ancestor butchering an animal with stone tools (we Africanists normally do this at parties). There were dozens and dozens of these papers given at conferences until finally someone made a rule against them.

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