Our Pets, Ourselves
The downside is that ninety nine.999 per cent of our uses of non-human animals are morally indistinguishable from the activities to which the overwhelming number of us object. In any event, nonetheless ‘humanely’ treated animals used for meals are, they are nonetheless subjected to therapy that, had been people involved, can be torture. There are many legal guidelines that supposedly regulate our use of non-human animals. In fact, there are more such laws than there were legal guidelines that regulated human slavery. And, just like the legal guidelines that regulated human slavery, they don’t work.
The guide begins outdoors, within the back yard, the place, a couple of pages in, a girl in stonewash denim cradles a rabbit, and a German shepherd gets sprayed in the face by a hose. There is a gradual movement indoors, toward a species of anonymous suburban pastel and plush, the place all of the visible excitement is provided by animals and children, but the décor nonetheless by some means insists. Scientists are looking at what the potential bodily and psychological health benefits are for different animals—from fish to guinea pigs to dogs and cats.
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