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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). At a minimum, catching and releasing a fish inflicts pain, terror, and temporary disability. An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends. Fish are often difficult to identify with or feel for. And outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a dog rescued an abandoned baby by placing him safely among her own newborn puppies. Is this moral?

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