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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

Animal Ethics

Legislation forbidding cruelty to animals represents the use of coercion against the interests of the individual coerced, and not to further the interests of any other person (it may do so but need not to be justified).

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Dogs Sniffing Out Disease. As we know, dogs have a keen sense of smell. As we all know, dogs are “man’s best friend.”

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