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Expect animals to understand

Steve Best (UTEP): The Revolutionary Implications of Animal Standpoint Theory. Ian A. Robertson and Lindsay Matthews (Leeds): “Normal” Behaviour of the Legal Animal Is More than Just “What They Do in the Wild”. From Hypatia, a symposium on Feminists Encountering Animals. Military History Monthly takes a look at the roles played by different types of animals in different conflicts since the 4th century AD. A review of Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human by Barbara Natterson Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. What is the humanist view of animal rights? A review of A Worldview of Animal Law by Bruce A. Wagman and Matthew Liebman. Jessica Hullinger on 7 absolutely insane animal defense mechanisms. We don't expect animals to understand human "inventions" like economics; pay scale, income inequality, surely these are concepts too advanced for lower species to process — or are they? A review of The Christian Rejection of Animal Sacrifice by Daniel Ullucci. Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us. A review of Animals Erased: Discourse, Ecology and Reconnection with the Natural World by Arran Stibbe.