"While it was sick, the dog would not have been of any practical use as a working animal," Janssens said. ...what job does he think a puppy under 7 months was doing when it was well, exactly?https://twitter.com/ticiaverveer/status/962283334498947072 …
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Also I dunno, I find something off putting about the assumption that people in the past had a purely utilitarian view of animals and therefore this information is new and shocking.
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Why WOULDN'T you care for an animal who's part of your community? I mean in the historical era it takes 18th C "Enlightenment" philosophers to start claiming animals can't sense pain and vivisection is A-OK ethically.
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Oh my GOD don’t even get me started on the belief that people (aside from the rich) only had a utilitarian use for dogs. Right up there with the bs that children weren’t viewed as children but rather mini adults.
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Also "well medieval people just didn't love their children because child death was so common" WTF is wrong with you
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