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Jumbo’s retirement - by frog
Many conservationists feel there is something viscerally wrong with animal circuses. Why do they call all their elephants ‘Jumbo’ for instance? On the other hand people also allege that parliament is like a circus – with question time akin to a public viewing of feeding time. There are certainly the occasional politicians a bit like [...] read moreMay 11, 2008 2:34 pm - 2 Comments
