Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: All Creatures Great and Small

Philosopher Crispin Sartwell writes about rationality as a marker for human-ness.

An essay by Cal Flyn about the planetary ecosystem's need for apex predators like the wolf..

An essay by English farmer John Lewis-Stempel. "Farm livestock are not Descartian flesh-robots but sentient creatures deserving of a good life and a good death — which should come only near the end of a natural lifespan."

by Margaret Renkl. Even the most unlovely creatures contribute to the ecosphere.

A scholarly overview article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

In 2015, Toronto's mayor John Tory said “I have not for a moment, ever, for one second, underestimated the intelligence the ingenuity and the determination of the raccoons."

Interspecies cooperation and communication.