Zoopolis

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Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights. (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011)

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Here, Donaldson and Kymlicka defend the view that sentient animals have rights. They extend political categories such as “citizenship”, “denizenship” and “sovereignty” to animals. So, domesticated animals that we’ve brought to live in our communities should be seen as citizens; those animals that are not full members of our communities – urban wildlife such as squirrels, for example – are denizens; and wild animals in their own habitats should be regarded as having sovereignty. - CLARE PALMER