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The Wolf of Ansbach

The wolf of ansbach is a very eye catching and a typical version of the second form of animal justice. It was michael light, back from the dead, come to terrorize ansbak once more. When you had a problem with pests or vermin, some collective of mites or mice, ants or asps, rats or bats, you could turn to the church. But when an identifiable animal committed a more felonious crime, like theft or murder, you count on a more secular, criminal mode of justice. The most frequent and serious offenders were pigs. And the most frequent charge against them was murder. There was the pig who was burnt at the stake for eating a

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