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Companion Animals
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In addition to selecting for infantile physical features in many of our pet breeds, we have carefully cultivated an infant-like dependency in many of them. Excessive demonstrations of affection have turned our dogs into eternal children, hyperdomesticated, docile, and servile to the extreme.
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― Un vétérinaire en colère - Essai sur la condition animale
― Un vétérinaire en colère - Essai sur la condition animale
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I know that market value is a repulsive accounting of somebody’s worth, and many of us would be unable to put a monetary value on the worth of our animal companions, but the pet industry is willing and able. And animals are cheap. Lee Edwards Benning’s 1976 book The Pet Profiteers called out the industry, and consumers, for what could only be viewed as irresponsible buying habits. We are impetuous and unknowledgeable and spend more time choosing a pair of shoes than a pet. The reason for this ma
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― Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets
― Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets
