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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? How about an ethical adventure ? I wonder how long it would take parents to complain if the Creative Cooks Culinary Center filled in the blanks for the kids and educated them about the lives of the animals they eat that some might not even realize were ever even animals?

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." Part V: Me and My Monkey.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

I have seen both Long-tailed and Tree Pangolins , Greater Cane Rat , several species of monkey and duiker, Royal Antelope , Pel’s Anomalure (a giant flying squirrel), huge casqued hornbills, Great Blue Turacos and numerous other birds and mammals for sale along the roadsides.

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