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Nyala, Southern Africa’s Stunning Antelope

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By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox. Nyala are much appreciated by hunters and tourists, which has led to their being introduced to many parks and reserves around Southern Africa outside their natural range. The delicate markings if two male Nyala.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. A more problematic conflict is that fought over what to do with damaging introduced species. ” one.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat? KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. We do not need meat, let alone pork, in order to live. But what about microorganisms?

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