Why Freeing Elephant Performers Is Not Nearly Enough
The costumes are coming off, the shackles are being unlocked, and the boxcars are opening. After more than 130 years, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus will retire its elephants. It’s an important step — but animals need legal rights, and not just laws that treat them like things. As a child, my…
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Natalie Prosin — The Washington Post
Why Breeding Pedigree Dogs Is Just Eugenics By Another Name
Eugenics is the now-defunct (and creepy!) practice of breeding supposedly superior humans to achieve genetic improvements while sterilizing undesirables. Sound familiar? It’s the exact same thing we now do to dogs and it’s responsible for a range of health and behavioral issues in them. — Ed. This chapter is excerpted from “A Matter of Breeding:…
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