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Public Writing
Below we list select op-eds, essays, and other short-form public writing outputs about the nature and intrinsic significance of nonhuman minds by CMEP researchers and affiliates.
“Will Humanity Ever Fully Include the Nonhuman World in Its Moral Circle?”
Jeff Sebo
Lit Hub (2025)
“Evidence of consciousness in newborns has implications for their care”
Claudia Passos-Ferreira
New Scientist (2024)
The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
Kristin Andrews, Jonathan Birch, Jeff Sebo, and others
Independent Declaration (2024)
“Elephants Have Feelings and Should Have Rights”
Jeff Sebo
The Los Angeles Times (2023)
“Fly on the Wall: Why Insects Matter”
Carody Culver and Jeff Sebo
The Griffith Review 82 (2023)
“The Radical Implications of Justice for Animals”
Jeff Sebo
Open Global Rights (2023)
“Are We Ready for a Multispecies Westward?”
Leonie Bossert and Jeff Sebo
Montreal AI Ethics Institute (2023)
“Principles for AI Welfare Research”
Jeff Sebo
EA Forum (2023)
“Animal”
Jeff Sebo
New Basics: Planet (2022)
“Bridging Legal Longtermism and Animal Law”
Andrew Stawasz and Jeff Sebo
Verfassungsblog (2022)
“What Should We Do if a Chatbot Has Thoughts and Feelings?”
Jeff Sebo
The Los Angeles Times (2022)
“Against Human Exceptionalism”
Jeff Sebo
Aeon (2022)
“Why Does Justice for Animals Matter?”
Jeff Sebo
OUP Blog (2022)
Public Speaking
Below we list select talks, panels, and other public speaking about the nature and intrinsic significance of nonhuman minds by CMEP researchers and affiliates.
"A Theory of Change for Animal and AI Welfare | Jeff Sebo | AIADM London 2025"
Jeff Sebo
AI for Animals (2025)
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"The Moral Circle UK Launch"
Jeff Sebo, Kimberly Dill, John Adenitire
Queen Mary University London School of Law (2025)
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"Who Matters More, a Bat, a Bee, a Bot?"
Jeff Sebo
AI for Animals | Bay Area 2025 Conference (2025)
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"The Moral Circle"
Jeff Sebo
W. W. Norton Speaker Series (2025)
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"Welfare and Moral Patienthood"
Andreas Mogensen, Jeff Sebo, Daniela Waldhorn, Patrick Butlin
EA Global London (2024)
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"How Can We Detect Consciousness in Infants?"
Claudia Passos-Ferreira
Simons Institute (2024)
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"Towards a Global Ban on Factory Farming by 2050"
Lewis & Clark Law School (2024)
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"Investigating Digital Minds"
Foresight Institute (2024)
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"Claudia Passos - What do theories of consciousness predict about the onset of infant consciousness?"
Models of Consciousness Conferences (2024)
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"The Legal Status of Animals and AIs"
Yale Law School (2022)
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"The Sentience and Moral Status of AIs"
AI for Good (2022)
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"AI Sentience and Ethics"
NYU Department of Medical Ethics (2022)
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"Artificial Sentience and the Ethics of Connected Minds"
10th Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research (2022)
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"Animal Ethics in a Human World" (Keynote Address)
Conference on Human-Animal Relations in the Anthropocene (2022)
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"Book Launch: Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves"
Queen Mary Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) (2022)
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Interviews and Coverage
Below we list select interviews and coverage about work related to the nature and intrinsic value of nonhuman minds from CMEP researchers and affiliates.
“How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe even AI”
Nature (2025)
Article about detecting consciousness that references The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness and "Taking AI Welfare Seriously"
“A Perth pet hospital nearly sent me broke. But the alternative was worse”
WA Today (2025)
Article about the costs associated with animal care that cites The Moral Circle
“Is every species capable of conscious thought?”
The Boar (2025)
Article about animal minds that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“'What am I falling in love with?’ Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction”
CNBC (2025)
Article about the social effects of AI that cites "Taking AI Welfare Seriously"
“Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Moral Circle”
APA Blog (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Ep 14: Interview with Jeff Sebo, author of The Moral Circle”
How We Win (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Jeff Sebo: AI Welfare and Moral Status”
PRISM (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about AI welfare and moral status
“New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets”
The Guardian (2025)
Article that quotes Jeff Sebo on animal sentience and welfare
“Do animals have consciousness like humans?”
Southern Weekly (2025)
Coverage of "Evaluating Animal Consciousness"
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“What If All Animals Truly Had Genuine Consciousness? The Hypothesis Is Becoming More Widely Accepted Than Ever”
Daily Galaxy (2025)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“Scientists rethink animal consciousness: Reptiles, fish, and insects may be sentient”
The Brighter Side of News (2025)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“10 Psychology Books That Unlock the Way Your Mind Actually Works”
Times Now News (2025)
Review roundup of psychology books that includes The Moral Circle
“AI Personhood in a Rapidly Advancing Technological Landscape”
The Good Men Project (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about AI welfare and rights
“Why you should assume that even the simplest animals are conscious”
New Scientist (2025)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“Should we widen our ‘moral circle’? Philosopher Jeff Sebo argues we now have no choice”
The Conversation (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“Insects Are Everywhere in Farming and Research − but Insect Welfare Is Just Catching Up”
The Good Men Project (2025)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?”
Vox (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Rethinking Consciousness: AI, Empathy, and Ethics – Jeff Sebo”
The Noelle Effect (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“Do AI Systems Have Moral Status?”
Brookings Institution (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“A Culture War is Brewing Over Moral Concern for AI”
Undark (2025)
Article that cites The Moral Circle
“What Do We Owe Our AI Assistants?”
Psychology Today (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Beyond human minds: The bewildering frontier of consciousness in insects, AI, and more”
The 80,000 Hours Podcast (2025)
Compilation episode featuring clips from Jeff Sebo and David Chalmers interviews
“The Future of Animal Welfare”
Carbon Radio (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about the future of animal welfare
“Will Future AIs Be Conscious? (with Jeff Sebo)”
Future of Life Institute (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about the future of artificial intelligence
“Could AI Become Conscious? Exploring the Line between Science and Fiction”
Built In (2025)
Coverage of "Taking AI Welfare Seriously"
“Embracing Animal Consciousness”
Santa Fe New Mexican (2025)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“Jeff Sebo”
A Song Called Life (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Coming up: Rights for "conscious" AI”
Axios (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Exploring model welfare”
Anthropic (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Does AI Deserve Worker Rights?”
BigDATAwire (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Expanding AI’s “Moral Circle,” AI Expert Jeff Sebo
The Mark Thompson Show (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why”
New Books Network (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“12 Books to Commemorate the Diverse Legacy of Earth Month”
Yale Climate Connections (2025)
Review roundup of books that includes The Moral Circle
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“If A.I. Systems Become Conscious, Should They Have Rights?”
The New York Times (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Jeff Sebo on Human Exceptionalism / One Earth Collective / Basandja Coalition”
A Rude Awakening (2025)
Radio show that features an interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Jeff Sebo on Ethics, Sentience, and the Future of Moral Consideration”
International Policy Digest (2025)
Interview Transcript with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made from Silicon, Have Rights?”
EconTalk (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“What Is Consciousness? Not Even Experts Can Agree.”
Quanta Magazine (2025)
Article that cites the Infant Consciousness Conference
“Babies, brains and breakthroughs: Day 4 of TED2025”
TED Blog (2025)
Article that cites Claudia Passos Ferreira’s TED2025 talk
“Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and Why”
The Jim Rutt Show (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“The Secret to Studying Animal Consciousness May Be Joy”
Scientific American (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“Consciousness before birth? Imaging studies explore the possibility”
Science Magazine (2025)
Article that cites the Infant Consciousness Conference
“Briefly Noted: A Matter of Complexion, The Moral Circle, The Boyhood of Cain, and Theory & Practice”
The New Yorker (2025)
Review roundup of books that includes The Moral Circle
“Rock Hunters, Tree Huggers, and Taxi Drivers: Books in Brief”
Nature (2025)
Review roundup of books that includes The Moral Circle
“Who Counts? Ethics in the Treatment of Animals and AI”
The Michael Shermer Show (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“The Moral Circle: Are AI and Animals Included?”
Brain in a Vat (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Morality in a More-Than-Human World”
Science (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“Expanding Our Moral Circle with Philosopher Jeff Sebo”
CogNation (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Expanding Our Moral Circle”
ABC National Radio (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“How studying babies' minds is prompting us to rethink consciousness”
New Scientist (2025)
Interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira about infant consciousness
“Jeff Sebo: The Moral Circle”
Species Unite (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Jeff Sebo”
Better Known (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about key takeaways of his work
“Exploring Infant Consciousness: Bioethical Insights with Dr. Claudia Passos-Ferreira”
NYU School of Global Public Health (2025)
Interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira about infant consciousness
“AI and the human soul: What new books reveal about us and our purpose”
Business Standard (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“Can A.I. Heal Our Souls?”
The New York Times (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“Does AI Deserve Our Protection?”
The Next Big Idea Club (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Will Machines Develop Consciousness?”
Süddeutsche Zeitung (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo on AI consciousness
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“Jeff Sebo: The Moral Circle”
Examining Ethics (2025)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“This Look at Animal Consciousness Is a Moral Workout – in the Best Way”
New Scientist (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“‘The Moral Circle’: A Riveting Expansion of Ethical Concerns”
Psychology Today (2025)
Coverage of The Moral Circle
“38 New Books to Start Your New Year: The Next Big Idea Club’s must-read picks for January 2025”
Book of the Day from The Next Big Idea Club (2025)
Review roundup of books that includes The Moral Circle
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“If Your Phone Had Feelings Would You Treat It Differently?”
The Los Angeles Times (2025)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Do Insects Feel Pain?”
The New Yorker (2025)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Jeff Sebo selected for Future Perfect 50 List of Innovators, Thinkers, and Changemakers”
Vox (2024)
Article honoring Jeff Sebo’s work on nonhuman minds
“Taking AI Welfare Seriously – Jeff Sebo”
Science, Technology, and the Future (2024)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“Anthropic Hires Its First AI Welfare Researcher”
Ars Technica (2024)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“The Weirdest Job in AI”
Business Insider (2024)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Should We Be Fretting Over AI’s Feelings?”
Financial Times (2024)
Coverage of “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“If Robots Have Feelings, Do They Need Rights?”
The Times UK (Front page coverage) (2024)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
“It’s Time to Take AI Welfare Seriously”
Transformer (2024)
Coverage of “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Anthropic Has Hired an “AI Welfare” Researcher”
Transformer (2024)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“What should we do if AI becomes conscious? These scientists say it’s time for a plan”
Nature (2024)
Coverage of “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Should Chatbots Have Rights – and Should We Care?”
New Scientist (2024)
Coverage of “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“AI Could Cause “Social Ruptures” between People Who Disagree on Its Sentience”
The Guardian (2024)
Article that cites “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”
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“Plans Must Be Made for the Welfare of Sentient AI, Animal Consciousness Researchers Argue”
The Hill (2024)
Coverage of “Taking AI Welfare Seriously” that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
“Animals and Equality with Jeff Sebo”
97.9 The Hill WHCL (2024)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Artificial Intelligence, Animals, and Minds: Philosopher Jeff Sebo”
Human Podcast (2024)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about his work on nonhuman minds
“The Moral Circle – Jeff Sebo”
SARX (2024)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“The Niger base with Russian and US troops, German marijuana, and animal consciousness”
Reuters World News Podcast (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Are Animals Conscious? How New Research Is Changing Minds”
BBC (2024)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Consciousness a “Realistic Possibility” in Birds, Fish, Squid and Bees, Scholars Say”
Canadian Press (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Moody Chickens? Playful Bumblebees? Science Decodes the Rich Inner Lives of Animals”
Christian Science Monitor (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Octopuses, Crayfish, Bees… Animal Consciousness Is Shaking Up Research”
Le Monde (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Do Insects Have an Inner Life? Animal Consciousness Needs a Rethink”
Nature (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Scientists Push New Paradigm of Animal Consciousness, Saying Even Insects May Be Sentient”
NBC News (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Are Animals Conscious? We’re Finally Realising that Many Species Are”
New Scientist (2024)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“The ‘Smart’ Animal Club Keeps Getting Bigger”
Popular Science (2024)
Article that cites the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare”
Quanta (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“It’s ‘Irresponsible’ to Ignore Widespread Consciousness across Animal World, Dozens of Scientists Argue”
The Hill (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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"Consciousness, Infants & Philosophy ft. Claudia Passos"
Know Time (2024)
Interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira on infant consciousness
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"Are Newborns Conscious?"
NYU News (2024)
Coverage of Claudia Passos Ferreira’s work on infant consciousness
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“Don’t Be So Quick to Swat Fruit Flies – You Could Hurt Their Feelings”
The Telegraph (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Are Animals Conscious Beings? Philosophers Seem to Think So”
The Sunday Times UK (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“What Do Animals and Insects Feel? Scientists Have Answers”
Sentient Media (2024)
Coverage of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness
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“Should we widen our moral circles to include animals, insects, and AIs? (with Jeff Sebo)”
Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg (Live Taping) (2024)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about The Moral Circle
“Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe”
The 80,000 Hours Podcast (2023)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about digital minds
“Jeff Sebo: Why We’re Wrong about Who Matters”
Bio(un)ethical (2023)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about nonhuman minds
“Moral Implications of AI Consciousness with Philosopher Jeff Sebo”
AI-Curious with Jeff Wilsner (2023)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about AI consciousness
“Do Microbes Matter More than Humans?”
Wired (2023)
Coverage of "The Rebugnant Conclusion"
“How to Tell When Babies and Machines Are Conscious”
Parker's Pensées (2023)
Interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira about infant and AI consciousness
“Beyond our Consciousness: Animals, Infants, Petri Brains”
Curt Jaimungal (2023)
Interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira about infant consciousness
"AI and Character"
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (2023)
Panel interview with Claudia Passos Ferreira about AI and character
“Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves”
ABC Radio National (2023)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Saving Animals (and Ourselves) with Jeff Sebo”
Knowing Animals (2023)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Bioethics with Jeff Sebo”
The Animal Turn (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about bioethics and Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
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“Animal Rights and Ethics with Professor Jeff Sebo”
Dialexicon Podcast (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about animal ethics
“Q&A with Dr. Jeff Sebo”
The Superposition (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Interview: Jeff Sebo talks about his new book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves”
FutureFeed (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Jeff Sebo, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves”
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Should We Save Animals? | Jeffrey Sebo”
Brain in a Vat (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves with Jeff Sebo”
Embrace the Void (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves – Jeff Sebo with Lauren van Patter”
The Philosopher (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
“Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves with Jeff Sebo”
Our Hen House (2022)
Interview with Jeff Sebo about Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
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