Talking about animal rights and taking action for animals is a recent phenomenonThe fact that we talk about animal rights and how to take action for animals is a huge milestone and central to my belief in a better future. Our society has sufficiently advanced to the point where we can consider and plan change around our treatment of animals. Historically, we did not possess the ability to consider the suffering of animals due to society needing to solve more pressing issues for humans, such as how to get food, make clothing, shelter from weather, or prevent diseases. Since modern society has solved many of those problems, we are free to consider the next set of problems which includes, among other issues, our relationship with animals.Jainism (started in 5-6th BCE) or vegetarian Buddhism (6 BCE) might seem like counterpoints, but those religious philosophies have remained a minority even within their own regions. And given homo sapiens have been around for over 300,000 years, the…
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