The brave dog, the thoughtful dolphin,
The tech-savvy chimp using stones,
The elephant that mourns its dead
By gently caressing their bones.
Their low place in the Chain of Being
Is an example of our chauvinism;
A myriad biases stigmatise us
Let's not have one more -- speciesism.
Source: Catherine Lim, Humoresque, 251.
December 16, 2006
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