Sentience … (noun) self-awareness; the ability to sense a differentiation between self and the other members of one’s environment;

… the ability to make emotional connections,

fear pain or imminent suffering — or to empathize with others experiencing in similar discomfort,

… &/or the ability to revel in the peace of companionship with others.

Basically, anyone who doesn’t think animals are just as sentient as we humans desperately needs to spend more time with animals.

“The line that you draw between yourself and nonhuman animals is every bit as illusory and arbitrary as the line drawn between any oppressor and the oppressed.” ~ John Tallent

 

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