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Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection by akudha on Sunday June 20, 2021 @10:45AM (#27570535)
Cats, Orcas etc are known to do the same. But only humans have perfected the art and science of torture and killing on an industrial scale. Here is an example

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8372727/Thousands-p...

We can't control what orcas do in the oceans, but we can at least try to not be complete monsters to the animals we raise.

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Re:MPs: Octopuses feel pain and need legal protection by esyir on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:29PM (#27572126)
We're simply more capable. That's really all there is to it. Animals are not limited by some magical conservationist instinct, they're limited by capability and environmental limitations.
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