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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. One such individual was Sir George Grey, who liberated many animals on his estate (mercifully on an island), including wildebeest, monkeys, zebras, wallabies, deer, cassowaries, emu and kookaburras.

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Birds and football! What a combination!

10,000 Birds

The lower part of this loop often has much less human disturbance than the top half and thus can be more productive. Look out for the Howler Monkeys too. On the left you will find a small island on which some Black Cappuchin Monkeys have been marooned and rely on handouts from the park workers and visitors.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 7 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals.

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