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	A Dying Breed

Socratoad

7-8-2008 7:38 PM

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Socratoad says:

This is so sad Such striking beauty should be preserved.

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7-9-2008 1:14 AM

hitchhiker08

Tragic - they're extremely spectacular!

7-9-2008 4:22 AM

kenjt

Mankind is very short sighted, we will end up destroying ourselves in the end, so sad!!!!

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Herd Extinct: The Ankole cow could disappear within 50 years.
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