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What do humans owe animals (pets, livestock, wild animals)?

Axis: strong duties (no harm, no ownership) ... few duties (animals are for human use)

John

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2009-09-28 new John suggests maybe he shouldn't eat so many eggs given the chickens' miserable lives, then calls that inadequately complex since without eating them chickens would go extinct. TV For Chickens 00:02:08

Hank

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2007-12-17 new Hank argues that because humans bred companion animals like cats, we are responsible for every member of their species, so we should fund humane societies and spay and neuter. Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies 00:02:08
2010-01-30 refine Hank, who rarely takes absolute sides, says the dolphin harvest in Japan is beyond words; the closest is 'xenocide'. The iPad and Dolphin Murder 00:03:25