Companion Animals: Don't 'Own' a 'Pet'

"Do you own a pet? Well if you say you do, you are a purveyor of prejudice. At least that’s what some so-called 'leading academics' are saying.

You see, according to the Rev’d Professor Andrew Linzey, director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, we shouldn’t even use the word 'pet,' because the phrase is demeaning to animals."

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