"Bob LeChevalier" wrote in message ...

The redefinition of "murder" to include animals is one such
redefinition,

'murder
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v.tr.
1. To kill (another human) unlawfully.
2. To kill brutally or inhumanly.
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http://www.answers.com/murder&r=67

"The time will come when men such as I will look upon the
murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men."
- Leonardo da Vinci, artist and scientist.