Regarding Animals

How is it that people can express great affection for animals as sentient creatures and yet turn a blind eye to the most callous behavior toward them? Animals are sold as expensive commodities, used as food and clothing, killed as vermin, and hunted for sport. They are also treated as members of the family, used as the cause celebre of social movements, and make the subject of art, film, and poetry. Such contradictions compel the authors to explore the social worlds of veterinary clinics, a...