June 13: Are Animals People?

 How Do You Treat The Animals In Your Life?

Advanced Sciences Field Trip to Memphis Zoo 

(5/20/24)

I don't have any pets, so the only animals I regularly interact with is the meat I consume. Though I do not hunt animals, when I consume them in curry, my mind is so distanced from the fact that I'm consuming something that was once alive. At that point, the animal is inanimate in the food form. However, the animals that I see alive, such as the ones in the zoo, I pitied, for they were alive but being held captive for display. I'm no animal lover, but I am cordial with pets and I want a hamster. I don't think it is correct to hunt animals for sport or hold them captive for display, but eating the animal or taking care of it as a pet are acceptable.