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

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He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. " It affects the way we think about animals, and affects our views on animal cruelty. The man who owned the snakes, Chris Coffee, had legally possessed them for years.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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She also explores pronouns and metaphors, and she even offers style guidelines and a thesaurus of "Alternatives to Speciesist Terms." By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder. What if slaughter were freed (miraculously) of all terror and pain? Overly generous inclusion?

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