Assuming Chickens Suffer
Less than Pigs is Idle Speciesism

Posted by Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on April 02, 2020 in Animal Emotions

In "From Shepherd to Advocate" it's wrongly assumed that chickens suffer less than pigs and that human life and experience are more valuable and more desirable than those of nonhumans. I'm pleased to offer this guest essay by Dr. Karen Davis, President and Founder of United Poultry Concerns. – Marc Bekoff

Assuming Chickens Suffer Less than Pigs is Idle Speciesism

Illustration by Nigel Burroughs, Nature’s Chicken
“Please stop ranking us as to who is “smarter” or more “emotional”!