Animal Rights Hunters Pigs Species 
Animal Person
AUGUST 5, 2009
Twice in the past 24 hours (once here and once on Stephanie's blog, in the comments )I have come across the following statement: "[insert animal here] are safe from predators, get fed regularly, and are better off on farms than if they were in 'the wild.'" I do not pass judgment on other species, whose motives I cannot comprehend.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
KBJ: Humans and pigs are not just sentient, which already distinguishes them from microorganisms; they are, in Tom Regan’s terminology, “subjects of a life.” One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.)
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