“We love dogs and eat cows not because dogs and cows are fundamentally different—cows, like dogs, have feelings, preferences, and consciousness—but because our perception of them is different.”

Source: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2010), p. 13

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