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Daily Discussion Thread: 🍲 Tuesday, October 1 , 2024
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Legally it's ownership and pets are possessions. It's a difficult thing to regulate, how do we recognise human and animal relationships and how do we make humans responsible for their care and well being.
Maybe guardianship is a better way to think of it.
I disagree with the word adoption, animals are not humans and it's dangerous to equate animals with humans as they have different needs.
I agree on the metaphysical aspect, animals own their own lives.
I tend to refer to my pets as staff. And as a good employer I have a duty of care, including a safe workplace and conditions.
But then I refer to inanimate objects as staff too, so I'm probably just weird 🤣