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Topic: Noble Beasts

Mage #8, ridden by jockey Javier Castellano races during the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 06, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Racehorse deaths aren't a mystery

Rae Hodge
(Shutterstock/Salon)

We must eat more roadkill

Donald W. Bruckner

The dog I could not let go

Colleen Creamer
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-78144p1.html'>Martin Nemec</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Sorry, chicken is indefensible

Christopher D. Cook

10 craziest Earth creatures

Mahak Morsawala
(AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Loved to death

Craig Packer
(AP/Silvia Izquierdo)

The destructive lie of zoos

Randy Malamud
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-122689p1.html'>JPagetRFPhotos</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

How to know if a dog's in pain

Louise Rafkin
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1124969p1.html'>chanon sawangmek</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Fancy cats' evolution secrets

Richard C. Francis
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2420654p1.html'>ANNA TITOVA</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Our dogs can read our minds

Michael C. Corbalis
Wilbur of "Charlotte's Web"

How bacon became bacon

Mark Essig
Jane Lynch and Jennifer Coolidge in "Best in Show" (Castle Rock Entertainment)

The 1 percent are hurting dogs

Michael Brandow
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-463120p1.html'>Piyato</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

You know that's squid, right?

Matthew Gavin Frank
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1184771p1.html'>billybruce2000</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Lions don't want your cookies

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1055636p1.html'>Pavel Hlystov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Do our pets need Prozac?

Laurel Braitman
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-108535p1.html'>ventdusud</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Free this whale!

David Neiwert

"We rescued each other"

Megan Mayhew Bergman
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-81417p1.html'>dogboxstudio</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Dogs rescued me from bulimia

Shannon Gusy
(Reuters/John Gress)

Big Ag's big antibiotics lie

Alexander Zaitchik
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=221239'>absolutely_frenchy</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Richard Schiffman - Alternet
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-85920p1.html'>Eric Isselee</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

When animals were people

Ben Schreckinger
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-536008p1.html'>oksana2010</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My bunny ruined my sex life

Dave Good
Patrick not actually pictured (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-699040p1.html'>LeonP</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Gorilla turns feminist lesson

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1118594p1.html'>Arun Roisri</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Maybe gender's no big deal!

Lisa Wade
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