There is great power in each individual’s hands, and something puzzling to many scholars, researchers, and activists is that the same hand that can lovingly pet the family dog can stab a piece of beef for dinner. Over the past century, animal agriculture has become highly industrialized and hazardous for the health of all of […]
Why do we Love Some Animals but Eat Others?
Our dogs snooze under the table where the worn bodies of pigs, cows, chickens, and fish are spread. One animal stays close to our hearts while the other belongs in our stomachs? We pet our kittens with the same hands we use to pick up slices of bacon, the remains of a 6-month-year-old piglet who […]