An article on "debarking" dogs was in the New York Times yesterday--I immediately thought of Evernden's metaphor. I find it interesting that the dog's owners lie about the procedure and blame her wheeze on excessive barking just like the Evernden's scientists in denial of animals' sentience. The dog is a loved pet and not meant for the operating table like those in Evernden's text, but I still feel she's robbed of her ability to communicate and express herself because of the surgery. Her home in a crowded city led to noise complaints about her voice. Has this pet been reduced to a machine? In this instance, have we mutilated a piece of nature to conform to a human-made concrete selva?
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This is totally horrifying. I had to go pet my dog after reading it.
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