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The (bad) way people and dogs eat (E56)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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The Ethics of Pet Ownership

A bioethicist named Dr. Jessica Pierce has been talking about pet happiness in the news. She was the primary source for a Vox article that you may have seen published recently called the case against pet ownership. Her argument is that our pets and particularly our dogs are probably not as happy as we imagine them to be. They may in fact be among the most miserable animals on earth for the bulk of their lives.

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