Conservative politicians who deny empirically obvious truths in a short-sighted effort to maximize the profits of their corporate constituency make Hachi a very sad boy.
In preparation for their country's 2019 exit from the European Union, the UK's Tory Government voted today that in matters of law, animals "have no emotions or feelings, including the ability to feel pain." The determination excludes humans and pets, but makes no clear argument for how that determination is made or defended.
The Independent reported that animal sentience has been recognized by the EU since 2009. The article also suggests that the Tory move to invalidate it in England is both a means of softening the ground for decreased regulation of the food and farming industries, and a signal that it has no intention of recognizing the validity of science in post-Brexit legislation.
Fucking barbaric.
