If #interspecies #war sounds like a concept that only exists in #scifi and #fantasy, remember that humans have fought wars against #emus and #whales.

The book #MobyDick was, at the time, #RealisticFiction about the ongoing counter-attacks that #SpermWhales were doing against anything that looked like a #whaling ship, and the ongoing efforts of the whaling ships to fight them, effectively a war between whales and #whalers.

It's not fiction, it's the result of #specieism.

NY became the 10th state to ban the sale of cosmetics tested on animals after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a measure into law Thursday evening. The law, known as the New York Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, prohibits the sale, manufacturing of cosmetics that have been tested on animals. The law goes into effect Jan 2023. Virginia, CA, LA, NJ, ME, Hawaii, NV, IL and Maryland have similar laws per Humane Society of the US https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/us/new-york-state-bans-cosmetics-animal-testing #AnimalTesting #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #specieism