I’m losing more arguments with grandchildren that our climate hasn’t changed significantly, prompted by signals that have only grown more evident through the last half of my lifetime. At one point, I convinced myself that climatic changes were part of a natural phenomenon — one of those things history would look upon and call an “age,” a period destined to be a global repeat of something that happened before. A hundred-year cycle perhaps, then everything would return to a point of equilibrium. Although it still could happen, veterinarians and those paid to manage animal health events must take heed.
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