I believe that any reason supporting our own claim to use the planet to survive and flourish is a reason for animals to have the same right.1 First, however, we need to have a working conception of justice and injustice. That is the project of this chapter. Before we can begin, we need some examples: cases that inspire wonder at the complexity and impressive activities of an animal, and painful compassion, combined with action-directed outrage, at what has become of that animal in a world of human brutality and neglect.
