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FROM Shauny Jaine, JD, VLCE, MainStreetVegan.net
November 2020

Pep’s communications distilled to See me and Don’t hurt me. It is the same with our pets, with every animal, with every person. Refusing to see others ultimately breeds violence—police brutality, sexual assault, animal slaughter.

Boy Rabbit
Boy and rabbit. Photo credit: Photobac/Shutterstock.com

Animals define us. We often self-identify using terms like “dog person,” “cat person” and “animal lover,” and most of us share our lives and homes with an animal. Even children who live pet-free are innately drawn to them. My parents weren’t animal lovers but every summer throughout my teens I was welcomed into a ranching family in upcountry Maui. Inexplicably “horse crazy,” I was in my element. I worked as a trail ride guide, learned to rope cattle and competed in a rodeo. Although I no longer ride, I was then a bona fide cowgirl and my favorite horse was the herd’s alpha mare. It took me decades to grasp the significance of her communications. Back then, I regarded her only as a cool horse.

Pep’s communications distilled to See me and Don’t hurt me. It is the same with our pets, with every animal, with every person. Refusing to see others ultimately breeds violence—police brutality, sexual assault, animal slaughter....

 

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