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World's Largest Leather Exporter Backs Out of Amazon
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, leather, Amazon, environment, protection )

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- 118 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Just a couple of weeks ago, soya traders agreed to extend a moratorium on buying soya linked to Amazon destruction. However, as discussed in January, 80% of Amazon deforestation is from cattle farming. With continued involvement of major international
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Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (265)
Wednesday August 19, 2009, 5:50 am
Cattle definitely do not belong in the forests of the Amazon... time to boycott these farms.. We definitely should eat less red meat, but the Aregentiniansare great on this
 
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