Speciesism—the word is not an attractive one, but I can think of no better term—is a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species.

— Peter Singer Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for our Treatment of Animals (1975)

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