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Solidarity Across Species
- Dissent
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Volume 67, Number 3, Summer 2020
- pp. 103-105
- 10.1353/dss.2020.0071
- Article
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Abstract:
We are animals. While human beings often repress this basic fact, the novel coronavirus has revealed our connection to and dependence on the well-being of other creatures. In various ways, our disregard for other species led to and worsened this pandemic. To mount an adequate response—and to prevent future disasters—we need to start taking animals into consideration.