#speciesism

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 ↗

— Marc Bekoff

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#hunting #killing #speciesism #vegan #design

Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us ↗

— Marc Bekoff

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#animals #speciesism #suffer #respect

Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have still not achieved equality among all humans. And nonhuman animals continue to be chattel property without any inherent value. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

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#chattel-property #heterosexism #inherent-value #nonhuman #racism