Hello pet! Our love can hurt our animal friends
Humans have complex and ethically fraught relationships with animals, but we may be seeing signs of change
Published 20 November 2015
Episode 355
In this episode of the Up Close podcast, bioethicist Peter Sandøe discusses our complicated relationship with animals and the associated moral dilemmas, including how our love for companion animals can actually cause harm and the difference between society’s treatment of pets and production animals.
“We have a growing obesity epidemic among cats and dogs because people, in a way, treat animals like they treat themselves,” he says.
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