The author reflects on a chance encounter with a coyote, igniting a passionate stance in support of animal rights and in particular against adventure tourism’s impact on animal welfare.
2 CommentsTag: Animal Sentience
No son más silenciosos los espejos ni más furtiva el alba aventurera; eres, bajo la luna, esa pantera que nos es dado divisar de lejos.…
1 Comment
The author defines sentience as the ability to comprehend others’ intentions, experience emotions like joy and suffering, and emphasizes that animals, being sentient, have rights. Describing a long-standing relationship with animals, and in particular with feral cats, the author opposes prioritizing species survival over individual sentient beings. The text concludes with a narrative from the perspective of a feral cat, ‘Princess,’ providing her perspective on sentience, survival, and unjust blame for ecological issues caused by humans.
6 Comments