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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Wolves eat sheep. If we are not justified in eating mackerel ourselves, are we not also morally obligated to stop the slaughter brought on by the tuna? Such an obligation would make us the protectors of all species, and the destroyers of every ecosystem on earth. Tuna eat mackerel. David Peters New York, Nov.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

10,000 Birds

We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S. But I digress.

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