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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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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. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces.

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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. Animal rights groups sued to prevent poison being used to kill the rabbits, and even told a mediator that they would rather every reptile on the island die than a single rabbit be killed. ” one.