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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. But man cannot live on bread alone, and the homesick settlers wanted more than just game. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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For Your Health, the Planet & the Animals: VBM

Animal Person

How do they know what's right? And it limits you in that you can't just go anywhere to watch a football game if you plan to eat anything. That would be like brainwashing, and that's just not right. And I don't think vegans believe in God, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't believe in God. Then there's the parenting part.

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