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Jay-Z Walks In Cruelty

(ANIMAL CRUELTY) Music moguls Jay-Z and Beyonce are known in the industry as people who typically make good decisions. But unfortunately, when it comes to their fashion choices, the music entrepreneur and his talented wife don’t have the best track record for compassion. The 99 Problems rapper has recently been spotted wearing PMK Brooklyn Zoo Air Jordans, which are worth a whopping $2,500 and shockingly made from ten different animal skins, including ostrich, calf, and elephant. Elephants are already extremely vulnerable as it is, with their populations constantly dwindling due to the abundance of poaching. It’s not a fashion statement when a majestic animal loses their life for a pair of shoes—it’s ruthless and ugly. Jay and B have both put forth efforts for human charities. Let’s hope they extend their charity to animals as well. Read on to learn more on why selling the hides of exotic animals is still legal. — Global Animal

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READ: Poem Donated By U.S. Poet Laureate

W. S. Merwin, our current poet laureate and twice Pulitzer-winner, has generously donated his haunting poem “The Chain To Her Leg” for republication here on Global Animal. In it, he writes about one particular (real) elephant who lived and died over 80 years ago. 

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One Big Baby! The World’s Largest Animal Infants

(BABY ANIMALS) This week, a record-breaking 16 lb baby was born in Longview, Texas. Get to know some species of animals who birth some surprisingly huge babies. — Global Animal

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Baby Elephant Saved In Dramatic Rescue (VIDEO)

INDIA (ANIMAL RESCUE) – Watch villagers on a tea plantation in Assam, India, rescue a baby elephant after the tyke fell in a ditch and couldn’t get out. The baby’s mother waited anxiously nearby as her little calf was rescued. Elephant families always stick together, but they needed an opposable thumb or two to lift themselves out of this trouble! –Global Animal

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Elephant Smugglers Busted In India

November 21, 2010 – A long, well-hidden history of elephant smuggling ended in India after police caught five individuals believed responsible for smuggling almost 100 elephants in the past five years.  Earlier this year, the Indian government acknowledged that with many conservation efforts focusing on the highly threatened tiger, the plight of India’s elephants was often overlooked. To remedy this, the authorities announced in September that they planned to make the elephant a so-called national heritage animal and to afford it the same level of protection as that received by the tiger. Kudos! – Global Animal

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