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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. I say they were butchered, face-off.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

The problem is that people are abandoning and neglecting horses, and to address that problem--to address the problem that people abandon horses--we'll kill the horses? Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant. Do we recommend killing those children? Financially).

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Here are some of my favorite quotes: "For thousands of years, farmers took their cues from natural processes. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. Killing an animal oneself is more often than not a way to forget the problem while pretending to remember. This is very silly.