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symbiosis, respectful, adversarial, etc
working animals
farming:
herding, pulling machinery, etc
milk, eggs and fibres
reproduction
poaching, pelts, and parts trade
humans interfering with ecosystems
historical relations, animals for sports and entertainment, pets
faith relations, stewardship
Infrastructure for and relations with domestic animals
what was that entire city build to support the domesticated animals
different relations in hostile environments and global extremes
indigenous peoples’ relations, knowledges and perspectives
did pavolvs dogs train him
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theories of consciousness are frequently updating to include more kinds of creatures
it is scientific consensus (source needed) that at least all mammals, all birds and at least some other kinds of creatures (such as octopuses) do have consciousness.
check up on science, it’s always updating and there is a high likelihood given human experience/folk psychology /philosophy/other frameworks of understanding /etc that all creatures including invertebrates are indeed equally sentient/sapient/conscious/soulfulmarkers of supposed difference that are repeatedly broken down - “language, tool use, social behaviour, mental events” ➡
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placeholder to index belief systems that do hold that humans are superior, despite much contradiction Christian conservatorship/guardianship of Earth
reincarnation/karmic systems/Nirvana
“It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question.” —John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (1863)