Dogs and humans are embracing each other as we rocket towards the inevitable catastrophe. I ask you to support dogs because they're a creature who will eat your face immediately if you keel over about half an hour until it's absolutely sure that civilization is going to end. My dog was named by my third son after Magorian a centaur in the in the magic forest next to Hogwarts yes I have suffered for JK Rowling's many millions he thought that was too gory so he called the dog Maglorian. The level and depth of affinity between humans and canines what we lose people human and canines cannot be gained say ask yourselves even you fanatical cat lovers out there touching a
It’s the issue that’s more polarising than politics. The world is full of animal lovers but we can’t agree on which pet is more worthy of our love – the loyal, obedient dog, or the inscrutable, capricious cat. In this episode philosopher John Gray goes up against writer Will Self to debate the age old question of which animal is superior. The debate was chaired by writer, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari.
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