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    10 hours ago

    I still haven’t heard a good argument as to why elephants deserve more moral consideration than cows or other farmed animals

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      They are far more intelligent (yes, I know cows are smarter than they get credit for) and rarely hunted for sustenance, instead normally for sport.

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        Why should we assign higher moral value the more they’re intelligent? Aren’t both capable of feeling pain?