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Lion Tamer: Dr. Graham Crawshaw holds the contraceptive implants that are used at the Metro zoo on animals such as the lioness, Brenda, in the cage.
Lion Tamer: Dr. Graham Crawshaw holds the contraceptive implants that are used at the Metro zoo on animals such as the lioness, Brenda, in the cage.

Lion Tamer: Dr. Graham Crawshaw holds the contraceptive implants that are used at the Metro zoo on animals such as the lioness, Brenda, in the cage.

Date7/20/1989
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