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Gildor Inglorion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 10:15 PM
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1. Horrible as it may seem...
for many, many species of animals, the only reason they still exist is that they are useful or amusing to humans. As species after species disappears, ONLY those (like horses, cats, dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, etc.) that have utilitarian or entertainment value for human beings are likely to survive. The French and Belgian appetite for horse is no worse, actually, than the American love for chicken and beef. The sad fact is that the next decade will almost certainly see the extinction in the wild of rhinos, elephants, mountain gorillas, tigers, and several other large mammals. If horses can survive because a few million Europeans like to eat them, so be it. Would you rather see them go extinct?
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