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> [“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do suffer some harm, even if it is only the harm of deprivation—the harm of having their sexual and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/there-is-a-tendency-to-oversimplify-the-issue-of-spay-neuter-and-to/)

[Jessica Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-pierce/)

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## More by Jessica Pierce

> [“Yet still, beneath all the marketing and social construction of attitudes and desires and shopping habits, there is a deep yearning for connection. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/yet-still-beneath-all-the-marketing-and-social-construction-of/)

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> [“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do suffer some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/there-is-a-tendency-to-oversimplify-the-issue-of-spay-neuter-and-to/)

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> [“A common misconception is that pets have easy lives. They don’t have to do any work to find food and shelter or to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/a-common-misconception-is-that-pets-have-easy-lives-they-don-t-have/)

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> [“I know that market value is a repulsive accounting of somebody’s worth, and many of us would be unable to put a monetary value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/i-know-that-market-value-is-a-repulsive-accounting-of-somebody-s/)

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> [“If you balk at the idea that dogs could be bred like pigs, I’m sorry to disabuse you. Dogs and pigs alike are treated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/if-you-balk-at-the-idea-that-dogs-could-be-bred-like-pigs-i-m-sorry/)

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> [“Emotional attachments to and functions of animals in human families are highly variable — and not always positive. Some family pets are surrogate children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/emotional-attachments-to-and-functions-of-animals-in-human-families/)

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> [“Often we jump to the conclusion that a dog or cat who doesn’t like to be petted is cranky or unfriendly, but this isn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/often-we-jump-to-the-conclusion-that-a-dog-or-cat-who-doesn-t-like-to/)

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> [“Some of this diversity in animal feeling is surely related to enculturation (we in the United States tend to love dogs and be disgusted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/some-of-this-diversity-in-animal-feeling-is-surely-related-to/)

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> [“I recently asked a veterinarian friend how he thought about our relationship to companion animals. “They are slaves—chattel slaves,” he said breezily. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/i-recently-asked-a-veterinarian-friend-how-he-thought-about-our/)

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> [“Massive round-ups of strays have been replaced by daily intake and elimination, the large crate full of dead dogs replaced by a steady trickle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/massive-round-ups-of-strays-have-been-replaced-by-daily-intake-and/)

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> [“I’m focusing here on dogs because this is where almost all of the research and exposés lead us. But of course puppies aren’t the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/i-m-focusing-here-on-dogs-because-this-is-where-almost-all-of-the/)

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> [“Animals are not genderless objects. “He” and “she” are vast improvements over “it.” “Who” is more fitting than “that” or “which.” (So, it isn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/animals-are-not-genderless-objects-he-and-she-are-vast-improvements/)

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> [“Pets are not eaten (usually), but they feed our souls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-pierce/pets-are-not-eaten-usually-but-they-feed-our-souls/)

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