A review by julis
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

This was my graduate field so I want everyone to listen closely: Read this book.

There is a sharp disconnect between the way we think/feel about non-human animals and the way we act towards animals. There is a colossal disconnect between the way we treat pigs and the way we treat dogs. Under federal law, mice/rats (95% of lab research) and most livestock are not animals. The life of a gamecock (or, from personal observation, a fighting bull) is better than that of a broiler (or steer). We spend millions on our pets, sometimes in the most ineffective way possible.

Why? This book has some answers, but mostly Herzog very carefully picks apart how we (21st century Westerners) treat the non-human animals we live and die with.

It’s been on my to-read list since starting graduate school. I’m so glad I finally got to it.