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The animals were imperfect,
long-tailed,
unfortunate in their heads.
Little by little they
put themselves together,
making themselves a landscape,
acquiring spots, grace, flight.
The cat,
only the cat
appeared complete and proud:
he was born completely finished,
walking alone and knowing what he wanted.
... the cat
only wants to be a cat
and any cat is a cat
from his whiskers to his tail,
from his hopeful vision of a rat
to the real thing,
from the night to his golden eyes. (Pablo Neruda, "Ode To The Cat")

Since the number of South African elephants has risen from 8,000 to 18,000 the government has said it would allow the culling of elephants and has incurred the wrath of animal rights activists:

They have already threatened to call tourist boycotts and take legal action against the measure, which had been expected.

Posted by Deepti Lamba on February 26, 2008 09:53 AM StumbleUpon Toolbar Stumble It! digg this del.icio.us Fark It | Permalink

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