Animals no doubt have different interests from humans, and may experience different pleasures and pains, but the principle of equal consideration for similar interests still holds, and pleasures and pains of similar intensity and duration should be given equal weight, whether they are experienced by humans or by animals.

— Peter Singer The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics (2017)

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