7. Are the categories we assign to animals fair?

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Keim writes about the social construction of animals: How we think about them differently, and treat them differently, depending on the category to which they are assigned. (Some animals are used for food; others for research; others for labor; some are companions. Then there are wild animals, who can be common, threatened, or endangered; so-called game or non-game; invasive, alien, feral, or native; and so on.)

Is this something you had thought much about before? Do you think it’s fair?