Perché siamo disposti a spendere migliaia di euro per il benessere dei nostri animali domestici e mangiamo una fetta di prosciutto senza neanche pensarci? Eppure il maiale è una specie intelligente quanto il cane.
King’s contribution is vital to the re-imagination of animals raised, caught, or processed for food. She focuses on one type of food animal per chapter: insects and arachnids, octopi, fish, chickens, goats, cows, pigs, and chimpanzees. King first explains the cultural and historical significance of why these animals are consumed. She then combines her knowledge and personal experience as an animal behaviorist to show that food animals indeed have distinct personalities that should be considered in deciding whether to eat them. Thus, she allows the reader to reevaluate his/her relationship with animals by making food animals more visible to the consumer.
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