Yes, let’s get sheeps off those ships, but let’s also start the conversation about getting them out of the slaughterhouse. This will mean more than challenging anthropocentrism, it will also entail a radical revising of our current economic and political system.
Continue readingThe Animal Sentience Bill and Animal Nationalism in Post-Brexit Britain
Britain, newly liberated, is now using its independence as a means to establish itself as a socially and economically advanced nation. In such situations, animals are frequently objectified as symbols of this global superiority. Any resulting welfare legislation is likely to support the myth of “Great” Britain, but highly unlikely to fundamentally challenge the state’s entitlement to nonhuman bodies, labour or lives.
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