Error in global article

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Re: โ€œA global view,โ€ Jan. 20

Always enjoying a worldly perspective I decided to take a read of โ€œA global viewโ€ and came to a section entitled โ€œPillaging the Planetโ€ that struck a chord.

Its opening paragraph stated: โ€œThe trafficking of wildlife โ€ฆ is driven by Asiaโ€™s desire for fine cuisine and medicinal usage of rare wildlife and Westerner financiers who enjoy exotic animals.โ€

Being a โ€œgreedy capitalistic fat catโ€ banker, I decided to investigate the National Geographic article mentioned by the Cord.

Much to my chagrin I found no mention of Wall Street or large bonuses in the article.
In fact the only mention about the demand for exotic wildlife came in the form of this statement: โ€œIn Asia, wildlife ends up on the banquet table or in medicine shops; in Western countries, in the living rooms of exotic-animal fanciers.โ€

So I guess the moral of the story is: when you are doing your best to avoid plagiarism ensure that you donโ€™t end up changing the intended meaning of the fact you are trying to convey.

โ€“Brian Highgate


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