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Animal cruelty is one of the most unfortunate and barbaric demonstrations of human beings manipulating ill conceived notions of ‘power’ over other species.

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Ian Somerhalder
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 8
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Covington
Louisiana
Ian Joseph Somerhalder
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