'It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same lack of understanding many people have about animals today. When slaves were brought over from Africa, many people believed they were not humans, that they didn't have feelings. Many people believe that primates and other animals don't have feelings, too, but they do.'
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By and large students are taught that it is ethically acceptable to perpetrate, in the name of science, what from the point of view of the animals would certainly qualify as torturethe time [the students] arrive in the labs they have been programmed to accept the suffering around them.
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Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls.
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Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.
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