Coronavirus shows we must get serious about the well-being of animals

Article by Kendra Coulter. The Conversation. May 24, 2020.

Article by Kendra Coulter. The Conversation.

May 24, 2020.

COVID-19 raises crucial questions about how best to move forward from the pandemic and its many effects. We are reassessing key political and economic assumptions and perceptions of what is possible and desirable.

We also need to take animals seriously. Our families, communities and society include animals. There are inspiring, mutually beneficial and even life-saving ways we engage with other animals. But animal suffering not only harms other species, it endangers our own. This is a significant ethical and moral matter. It is also fundamental to the future of our economic, environmental and physical health.

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