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What does this section of the quote mean to you?

“animals are agents by way of their ability to act upon the world as living, sentient beings”

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What does this section of the quote mean to you?

“Mutual becoming happens at the meeting point between living animals and humans, where animals' behaviour is formed by social interactions with humans and vice versa, leading to a fundamental reciprocity”

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Animal have feelings and are able to feel emotions and form thoughts just like people

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Humans and animals are beings that cross each others paths and leave marks changing the others lives

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What are your overall interpretations of this quote? Do you agree with it? Why/Why not?

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I do agree with the quote and find it very insightful into the role we play in each others lives

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Animals are conscious and capable of more than we give them credit for

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Animals have autonomy and should be treated and respected accordingly

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The human animal bond is life giving for both parties when mutual investment in the relationship, reciprocity occurs

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Mutual respect and care

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Animals are a part of the world that we interact with and they influence it in ways that we also influence it. Because of this we must learn to understand them better and how to interact with them to work cooperatively.

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Animals have free will and can choose to listen or not to listen.

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Animals are living beings by virtue of their vitality and conscious perception

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Animals are able to make decisions based on their personal feelings and past experiences. They have autonomy.

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They can think and act on their own.

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Animals are able to feel and express the same emotions as us even if we are not the best at reading them

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animals have their own free will

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animals have impact on the world

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Conjugal working together, working in ways that are beneficial for both parties’ and their wellbeing.

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animals are intrinsically valuable in their own environements

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We can influence our pets and animals around us and vice versa

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animals have bad days too

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Animals are conscious and should be considered as being with feelings and emotions

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Animals have individual agency, but the way they communicate with the world around them is unique compared to humans

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Since animals and humans don’t share a common language, the only way we can communicate is by our own interpretations of each others interactions

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It means they are individuals they have their own feelings, purposes, actions, etc

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Animals and humans are interdependent

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The relationship between animals and humans goes both ways, both add and receive from it

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this is basically just the process of domestication

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Animals influence the world around them

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It is a two-way relationship and impacts on both parties must be acknowledged and considered

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Reciprocity and healthy social relationships are attained between humans and animals when we understand the basis/causes for their behavior.

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To me it means that animals are a product of their environment

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it is a 2-way street

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animals are their own sentient individuals and interacting with them not only influences our lives but theirs in reciprocity

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I agree with the quote, though it feels a little vague without examples. It seems to take on this perspective similar to One Health, in the ways that it references everything being connected and affecting the other in some way.

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Animals are autonomous beings and are receptive and reactive to life

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Animals are their individual beings and have some sense of what happens when we interact with them

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Engagement between humans and animals is dependent on the behavior of both; both influencing each other through their interactions.

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Our actions have the biggest impact on our pets

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these quotes sound like someone just wanted to use fancy words but they seem very void of all meaning

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every living thing is valuable and they can be mutually beneficial to one another which can create a bond between species

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Relationships and respect with animals comes with interaction. You cannot have true respect for them without experience.

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I agree with it and the sentiment that animals are equal partners in our relationships with them

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This quote highlights the independence of animals and human, in the context of the interdependence between the species to coexist and thrive.

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I agree with the themes in this quote

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the idea of One Health is alive and well

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Yes, because animals are very important and impact the world and us human beings in such a huge way.

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You cannot fully control them, they make choices for their own survival and emotion.

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Relationships between animal and humans are formed due to continuous reciprocation from each other

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That animals should be seen as autonomous beings that you need to respect in order interact with each other positively.

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Animals are their own autonomous beings and can be impacted by human interaction in positive or negative

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I think the point is valid however, there is a lot of extra words that distract from the point and value of the quote