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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

Today I want to talk about how it also damages conservation by, in much the same way as other media does, by reducing issues to pithy statements, devoid of nuance and heavily laden with emotion, and shaping the opinion of millions as it does so. Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare.

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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. " A lot of people have the opinion that snakes are "mindless" creatures, and that they can be treated with no consideration to their welfare. So why not worry about the welfare of a snake?

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