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Book: Scent of the Missing

4 The Love Of Animals

Our working life together is framed by loss and urgency—a person missing, time passing, a family and community desperate for answers. The dogs operate on what’s real and present to them right now: scent/no scent, here/not here. We need it in the search field. Search dogs don’t work with these kinds of preconceptions.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason. So, we are given the "cull the herd for its own good" defense, or the "cull the herd to prevent automobile accidents" defense, or the "I hunt to put food on my family's table" defense.