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Personalities on the Plate Personalities on the Plate The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat B A R B A R A J . K I N G The University of Chicago Press • Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2017 by Barbara J. King All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever with- out writen permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Printed in the United States of America 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN-1 3: 978-0 -2 26-1 9518-6 (cloth) ISBN-1 3: 978-0 -2 26-1 9521-6 (e-b ook) DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226195216.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: King, Barbara J., 1956– author. Title: Personalities on the plate : the lives and minds of animals we eat / Barbara J. King. Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifers: LCCN 2016034780| ISBN 9780226195186 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226195216 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Food animals—Social aspects. | Animal behavior. Classifcation: LCC SF41 .K553 2017 | DDC 636.088/3—dc23 LC record available at htps://lccn.loc.gov/2016034780 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1 992 (Permanence of Paper). For Charlie and Sarah Always “The meat defant, the meat insurgent, the meat fghting, Sofa thought. The meat in full cry. . . . Siting by his head, she ran her hand along the fne sof fur of his cheek, over and over, while his body cooled and she paid the awful debt of love.” Maria Doria Russell, Children of God (sequel to The Sparrow) Contents Introduction 1 1. Insects and Arachnids 8 2. Octopus 33 3. Fish 57 4. Chickens 81 5. Goats 103 6. Cows 121 7. Pigs 143 8. Chimpanzees 166 Aferword 189 Acknowledgments 199 References 201 Index 219
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