Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment, with occasional political commentary as I see fit. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com web site.
"...We can never really know if animals are giving consent, but they often do engage in forms of behavior which suggest they'd rather not encounter humans, and we might want to think about equating this with a desire for privacy."
Or we could equate it with what it is: a natural fear that is part of an animal's hardwired desire to want to continue to live!
If cats were people, they would be libertarian, and most of the libertarians I know are cat people.
ReplyDeleteI am sure golden retrievers would liberals/social democrats to greens and democratic socialists.
Golden hamsters would be Idaho Cavemen.
Not sure if you've seen this:
ReplyDeletehttp://news.discovery.com/animals/do-nature-films-deny-animals-their-right-to-privacy.html
"...We can never really know if animals are giving consent, but they often do engage in forms of behavior which suggest they'd rather not encounter humans, and we might want to think about equating this with a desire for privacy."
Or we could equate it with what it is: a natural fear that is part of an animal's hardwired desire to want to continue to live!