10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Their relentless slaughter for ivory and trophies diminished the population from tens of millions to the less than 500,000 existing today. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
Animal Person
MARCH 9, 2010
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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