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Emily Linroth
Bellingham, WA
I'm an environmental journalist, animal lover and feminist. I'm the editor in chief of The Planet magazine, and I live with the best shelter mutt in the world.
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Emily commented on the article |In response to Ginette,
I agree with much of the latter part of your response, but I don't believe we need to "teach" animals to "feel" or express themselves. They already feel and communicate - we just need to better learn to understand them.
Humans really aren't that evolved compared to many other animals. We can't breathe under water, but the common snail in a fish tank has both gills and lungs, and can store sperm to reproduce when conditions are right. Crocodiles and camels have films to cover their eyes to protect them from water and sand, respectively. We spend 9 months creating one member of our next generation, and the next 18 years (at least) educating and protecting an initially helpless being. There are many other animal innovations that make me respect them so much - yes, we have our languages (but so do they), but the only thing that really separates us from other animals is how much we rely on technology instead of instinct and the world around us, and I would argue our pursuit of technology has so far doomed us more than saved us.
What I'm saying is, animals (including humans) already have rights granted to them simply by existing, and we have no right to take those rights away. Too often we underestimate what we do not understand.
Kudos to you for fighting skinning. -
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