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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. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science. And so, the U.S. Navy, having acquired authority over the island, began to trap, and then to shoot, the goats.

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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. Animals in nature don’t need to be controlled by a species that has such difficulty in controlling itself. Priscilla Feral President, Friends of Animals Darien, Conn., You report that Steven L.