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So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet.
Greg Graffin
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Greg Graffin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 6
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Zoologist
Madison
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Gregory Walter Graffin
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