He fears that no more than this can be done unless and until some international convention extends to those who care for wounded animals the same protection for which the Geneva Convention provides in the case of men; and he would suggest that you should turn your efforts in that direction.
Holland suggests that international conventions should extend protections to those caring for wounded animals, similar to the Geneva Convention for humans.
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Without war the world would stagnate, and lose itself in materialism.
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