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Meanwhile, the child was gazing intently, wordlessly, at the underwater world. Perhaps a child could conjure up what he wanted to see from what was reflected on his retinas.
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― Of Dogs and Walls
― Of Dogs and Walls
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In the late 1960s, a park could purchase an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin for about $300. Today, that same species will cost more than $100,000. Indeed, this spike in price has forced zoos to change their entire philosophy. “The attitude was these marine mammals were an expendable commodity,” a former vice president of Sea World confided. “If these animals perished, you’d just go out and replace them. The ease didn’t drive a great deal of research of what they needed to keep them healthy.[...] Yet
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― Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance
― Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance
