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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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In the notes, she explains that she uses " nonhuman companion and nonhuman friend with reference to nonhumans treated with full respectl I use pet with reference to nonhumans who are sold, discarded, or otherwise disrespected" (204). Through semantic reversal, fishers (like hunters) pretend to promote rather than destroy life" (67).

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