Adopting a scaredy-cat: a journey
Back in November, my partner and I adopted Nutmeg, a 4-year-old former feral cat who was completely terrified of humans and wanted nothing to do with us. A cat like Nutmeg most likely would have been written off as unadoptable and euthanized if she had been in a kill shelter, because she could not provide value to humans in that moment. It’s been about a year so far… head over to Patreon to read the full post* for free.
*Yes there are cute cat photos, what do you take me for?
Solarpunks and companion animals
Using the language of “ownership” to describe humans’ relationship to their companion animal(s) assumes a subject-object relationship, or a hierarchical binary that positions all human animals as superior to non-human animals.
Instead of the baggage-laden term of “owner,” then, I propose solarpunks start to use “kahu” instead.