| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In his conclusion Dr. Balcombe argues that an animal???s ability to experience pleasure is a strong factor in considering the rights of animals. ???The real arbiter of whether or not a being deserves respect and compassion is sentience,??? he writes. ???Being sensate to pleasures and especially to pains is the true currency of ethics.??? It???s hard to deny that animals are not sensate to pleasure
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