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My memorable meeting with C.J. the Orangutan.
C.J’s life and death was not a happy one. There have been many animals that I have met during my career which have shaped my attitudes to animal welfare and rights issues and have made a profound impact on me and one of these was a Hollywood star orangutan named C.J. Our meeting occurred while…
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The animal compassion test.
Be honest: which of these two photographs arouses more or all of your compassion. Both photographs are of overcrowded animals heading for slaughter to be eaten for their meat. As genuine ‘animal lovers’ we should have an equal reaction to both photographs, but most of us will be more concerned at the plight of the…