The march of human ‘progress’ is strewn with dead animals

BHAVDEEP KANG: Celebrated author and historian Yuval Noah Harari terms humanity’s inhumane treatment of other species as “the worst crime in history”. The march of human progress, he says, “is strewn with dead animals”. In our attitude to the animal kingdom, Harari observes, there are two key scientific questions: can animals suffer at all, and … Continue reading The march of human ‘progress’ is strewn with dead animals