Speciesism

The topic of speciesism was very interesting to me. I think it is a lot more common than what we think it is. I believe that every human and animal does use speciesism. When it comes down to a human deciding whether to save their own family member or another human or to save a family pet, almost all of us would choose to save the human being whether he or she was family or not. This example shows that we value our own kind over others. I think this is even seen in animals. When in the wild, an animal usual just stays around their own kind. If confronted with danger, they would protect their own kind rather than an animal of another species. This is especially seen with mothers and their offspring. Many animal mothers will do everything possible to protect their offspring. This is also very true of human mothers. On the other hand, pets can be the exception to showing this speciesism. This is because pets often become very attached to their owners and their property. Many dogs especially will attack other humans as well as other animals that try to harm their owners or come on their property. After writing all of this, my view on speciesism has changed. I think speciesism is mainly expressed through humans and wild social animals. The animals I exclude from this would be pets and wild animals that live a solitary life and are not social.