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Humans rank companion animals by how much they resemble us. Dogs get beds and birthday parties. Goldfish get bowls. Reptiles get glass boxes. Intelligence should never be the price an animal pays to have their suffering taken seriously.
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The Companion Animal Hierarchy
Dogs sit at the top of the companion-animal hierarchy, but humans are still remarkably bad at understanding them.