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Both climate change and extinction are results of our tyranny over the nonhuman world and our domination of, and exploitation of, whole categories of each other – and those, in turn, are clearly linked to agriculture, the cattle-industrial complex, capitalism.

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Lydia Millet

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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

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In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 not-yet-killed trophies of 40 endangered species, including gorillas, orangutans and tigers, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

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May 6, 2024

In the 1970s, Safari Club International asked the federal government to approve its import of 1,125 not-yet-killed trophies of 40 endangered species, including gorillas, orangutans and tigers, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

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May 6, 2024

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

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