The image that opens this essay is quite possibly the closest I will ever get to photographing a large wild animal in its natural habitat. But I think of this humble coyote…
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Perhaps the most beautiful cat poem ever written, by Jorge Luis Borges, “A Un Gato”
1 CommentI am a devout cat lover, and an uncompromising defender of the rights of feral cats. My definition of sentience is that any being who can understand other beings’ intentions, feel fear and pain, and be able to know joy and contentment, is sentient.
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