If dogs and cats were sentient, would they exhibit racism?

I'm going to start out by disagreeing with you about the "sentinent" part of your question. Dogs and cats are indeed sentinent beings. But do they exhibit racist-type behavior? I suspect that -given the right circumstances - they might. Years ag... read more

I suspect that -given the right circumstances - they might. Years ago, I knew a horse breeder who bred both Quarter Horses (1000 lbs) and Welsh Ponies (600 lbs). read more

Since Americans don’t eat dogs, and they’re fluffy and cute and most people grew up with at least one, nobody’s going to have a problem with some form of personhood-like classification for them (same for cats, though perhaps less so). Seriously, those are the only reasons most people give a shit what happens to them. read more