In “A Change of Heart about Animals,” Jeremy Rifkin says that science has discovered that animals “feel pain, suffer and experience stress, affection, excitement and even love – and these findings are changing how we view animals.” (15) My question is: who? Whose view on animals is changing? Personally, I thought that everyone knew that most, if not all, living creatures could feel emotions. They may not be quite as complex as ours, but they are the same nonetheless.
I am curious as to why the government in Germany is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact everyday. (15) If the farm has