prolog

Chapter 1 Do you like zoos?
Why did Sero escape from the zoo?
The cause of the escape lies elsewhere.
What kind of place is a zoo?
Fubao and the Wind's Zoo
● Stop touching and feeding animals

Chapter 2: What does climate change mean to animals whose home is nature?
How did the polar bear end up stealing bird eggs?
Sea turtles struggling to find boyfriends
Animals Falling Prey to Climate Disasters
Protect the whale's poop
● Small actions can prevent the climate crisis.

Chapter 3: No Animal is Born as 'Meat'
Dawn, the surviving baby pig
A home is found for Saebyeok, who has nowhere to go.
Flower grasses living different lives
Protecting the 'last' of the pigs
More than just a perfect vegetarian!
● Protect animals and the environment by being vegetarian

Chapter 4: Animals that Became Family, Friends, and Partners
Where did all those animals come from?
Adopt, don't shop, why?
Why do abandoned animals continue to increase?
● More attention is needed for abandoned animals.

Chapter 5: Running, Fighting, and Dying for Humanity
Kami, a racehorse who died while filming a drama
Horse racing and bullfighting, what's the problem?
Lab Rabbit "Save Ralph"
● I hate YouTube videos that tease and harass animals!

Chapter 6: Do animals have rights too?
Animals are also living beings that feel pain.
What is the Dolphin Ecology Corporation?
● Support policies and systems that help animals.

★ I have a question!
Is it a nuisance to feed stray cats?
How do you know what the right environment is for your animal?
Why not just eliminate all animal testing?
Treating animals like objects?
Will there ever be a world where animals are happy?

From factory farming to media appearances, animal suffering continues.

Fifty years have passed since philosopher Peter Singer published Animal Liberation in 1975.
Stories about animals suffering from factory farming have been widely known in our country through books and news for over 20 years.
We already know stories of animals being abused in laboratories and animals being forced to perform tricks in zoos.
This book covers not only old stories of animal abuse, but also the situation in Korea where more than 100,000 pets are abandoned every year, endangered animals that have lost their habitats due to the climate crisis, and the issue of animals being abused in movies and dramas.

Vivid episodes based on reporting

The author, Kim Ji-sook, is a reporter who has been working for the Hankyoreh newspaper's animal-specialized media outlet, 'Animal People', for six years.
We report on the lives of our pets, farms, and wild animals.
So, this book features vivid episodes of several main characters based on actual reporting.
The story is told in an exciting and hopeful, yet sometimes sad and heartbreaking way, about why the zebra Sero escaped from the zoo, how the lion Galbi became 'Barami', how the baby pig Saebyeok survived, and why the horse actor Kami died.
It also clearly explains why you should not buy a puppy from a pet shop. Through a special report that even includes a business registration certificate, the author vividly shows the connection between 'puppy mills-auction houses-pet shops' and the reality of animal abuse.

Protecting animals with a balanced perspective

Some experts argue that animal testing should be stopped immediately, arguing that "the effects of experiments using animals as models are minimal and ethically unjustifiable."
Some activists argue that zoos, which exhibit animals for entertainment and show purposes, should be shut down immediately.
However, if animal testing used in pharmaceutical development and other fields were to be halted, it would cause great confusion in our society.
We must find ways to avoid and replace repetitive experiments or experiments that cause excessive suffering to animals.
The role of zoos in conserving endangered animals and protecting lost wild animals remains important.
This balanced perspective shows that these animal-related issues are not matters that can be resolved immediately, but rather require citizens' consideration and active expression of opinions.


I fully understand the mind of a child, but I do not love animals properly.

I completely understand why children want to touch and feed animals at the petting zoo.
But it specifically tells us that it has a bad effect on animals and children.
Also, while talking about factory farming, he encourages us to take small steps forward, as it is too difficult to completely stop eating meat right away.
Rather than saying definitively, “Don’t go to the zoo” or “Don’t eat meat,” he says that in order to truly love animals, it is important to learn about them for a long time and in detail.
In an era where the number of pets exceeds 10 million, he says that it is more important than anything to raise animals well rather than abandon them, so as not to hurt the feelings of children who have already bought puppies from pet shops.

Living with Animals in the Age of Climate Crisis

There are already too many animals facing a survival crisis due to climate change.
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average, making it harder for polar bears to hunt seals and harriers.
So I steal seabird eggs to eat, but I'm still hungry because I don't have enough.
When the temperature of the sand is over 31 degrees Celsius when the eggs hatch, the sea turtles are born as females. However, as the heat wave continued, only females were born.
It has become difficult to find a 'boyfriend'.
A large-scale forest fire occurred, killing countless koalas, and the Seomjin River reversed course, causing floods and killing countless farm animals.
This book says that, above all, becoming vegetarian is important to prevent global warming.
If you love animals, this is why you need to take active action.


I want to be a person who is kind to animals

This book teaches us how to be 'a kind citizen' to animals.
These include stopping touching and feeding animals, stopping the climate crisis with small actions like using a tumbler, protecting animals and the environment by going vegetarian, paying more attention to abandoned animals, not watching YouTube videos that torment animals, and supporting policies and systems that help animals.
It is not difficult at all and is simple enough that anyone can put it into practice.
It also provides information on things to keep in mind when feeding stray cats, the five freedoms of animals, three principles when conducting animal testing, and the introduction of a bill that states that animals are not objects.
It emphasizes that if we turn a blind eye to the suffering of animals, their chance for happiness may disappear forever.

[Series Introduction]

The [Affectionate Day] series is a series of books designed to help everyone dream of a world of dignity, to cast aside wrong prejudices against the socially disadvantaged, and to learn how to treat them specifically.
It consists of Volume 1: Disability, Volume 2: Discrimination, Volume 3: Animal Rights, Volume 4: Poverty, and Volume 5: Earth.
In the world to come, we will have to live with many immigrants, yet we discriminate against them, ignore them, and treat them carelessly.
My inner racism, filled with doubt and fear, is a huge problem.
Also, anyone can be a socially disadvantaged person, but they are treated with indifference or discomfort.
With growing interest in animal welfare, we are realizing that people who are kind to animals can also be kind to humans.
We want to help children grow into bright, kind, and affectionate people.