Remove Family Remove Speciesism Remove Suffering Remove Vegetarian
article thumbnail

On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

Also, the have families (as if other animals don't). Meanwhile, gorillas don't live in a traditional human family structure of mom, dad and kids, but somehow their family structure is an important reason for us to save them. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. But someone out there isn't.

Gorillas 100
article thumbnail

Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper? I addressed this one last week. Maybe on paper.