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The Parable of the Goat Mites

10,000 Birds

And so the Friends of Animals took them to court, demanding an injunction and a return to live-trapping. And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. Predator control (yet more killing by our government in the service of ranchers) is to blame for any overpopulation of herbivores. Priscilla Feral President, Friends of Animals Darien, Conn.,