When we were given this task, I immediately thought of the quote "a society's moral progress can be judged on how it treats its animals" (this quote has many versions said by many different people but this is from Ghandi I believe). In this context, Australia is completely mad. We treat our pets with jackets, designer collars, beds, kennels, toys of every variety and gourmet foods - when those "gourmet" foods are made up of animals that, in many cases, have not had the ability to fulfill basic biological instincts and desires, like chickens who don't even have enough space to spread their wings. I wont list everything here, but will link to a www.whyveg.com. We turn a blind eye to what goes on in the meat industry, passing it off as "being practical about it." And yet, we are so completely mad over our pets. So, I chose to do a photo of someone looking a little bonkers (thank you Lam! but I did also wear a dress for you so, we're even) with a bunch of the crazy crazy dog food around them.
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