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Matthew Scully, who wrote the great "Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy," should be ashamed to be writing speeches for NRA lifetime member Sarah Palin. On page 368 of his book he cites the NRA one of a number of groups pushing for renewed ivory hunting and trading--"the elephant's longtime persecutors . . . who think it is their divine right to sit around international conferences and hotel suites parceling out elephants and whales and whatever other creature will turn a profit."