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Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect

The book delves into the biological aspects of animal life, emphasizing the need for ethical consideration and empathy towards animals. It explores various arguments and scientific evidence to support the idea that animals should be treated with compassion and respect. more

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Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff

Marc Bekoff is a renowned animal behaviorist and ethicist, born on September 6, 1945. He is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he conducts research on the social behavior, cognitive abilities, and moral emotions of animals. Bekoff's work in animal behavior has had a broad impact, revealing complex social interactions and emotional communication among animals. more

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“Many animals experience pain, anxiety and suffering, physically and psychologically, when they are held in captivity or subjected to starvation, social isolation, physical restraint, or painful situations from which they cannot escape. Even if it is not the same experience of pain, anxiety, or suffering undergone by humans- or even other animals, including members of the same species- an individual's pain, suffering, and anxiety matter.”

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“A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could feed all of the humans across the world who starve to death each year- about 60 million people!”

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“Hunting and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for which the animals have not evolved natural defenses. No animal on earth has adequate defense against a human armed with a gun, a bow and arrow, a trap that can maim, a snare that can strangle, or a fishing lure designed for the sole purpose of fooling fish into thinking they have found something to eat”

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“Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not because we have a "right" to exploit those who cannot defend themselves. Let us use our brain to move toward compassion and away from cruelty, to feel empathy rather than cold indifference, to feel animals' pain in our hearts.”

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“Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is responsible for much suffering. It is part of the in-group/out-group mentality that leads to human oppression of the weak by the strong as in ethic, religious, political, and social conflicts.”

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