In the second part of the series of posts about the book Zoopolis, we’ll focus on the first theory’s citizenship category ¬– domesticated animals.
As argued in the former post Donaldson and Kymlicka think that the reason animals haven’t gained rights yet is because of the animal rights theory, which they find unattainable and unjust. One of the injustices they point at is the abolitionist/extinctionist position which is a common resolution among activists regarding "farm animals". In this text we’ll present and object to their arguments against the abolitionist/extinctionist position.
