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leopards and hippopotamuses, giraffes, crocodiles,

and anything they could think of from the

Middle East and even transported or carried

animals in from Africa and places like that in

order to destroy them in these arenas. Proverbs

12:10 says, “A righteous man regardeth the life

of a beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked

are” – what? –“cruel.” Every child needs to be

taught that as they're growing up.

A quote regarding the gladiator games says

that “at the inauguration of the Flavian

Amphitheater, 5,000 to 9,000 wild beasts were

slain in one day, no less than Trajan gave to the

Romans. Under another ruler, 100 lions and

100 lionesses, 200 leopards, 300 bears, 1000

wild boars were massacred in a single day.” It

is one thing if something has to be killed in a

humane way for clothing, for food, or whatever,

but to enjoy the blood – I grew up around cock

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