It also offers one big
advantage over other animal materials in that it's entirely humane: Boar and badger bristle generally come from dead animals, while horsehair is taken from the tails and manes of living horses.
According to the authors, this is a significant
advantage over other animal - derived polyclonal antibody approaches to the treatment of disease, where the antibody must be treated with enzymes to «despeciate» the antibodies to prevent a condition known as serum sickness.
I'm sure there are many others who hold that view, and who'd point out that man — by virtue of that «dominion» he has
over other animals, by virtue of being the superior, more developed being, by virtue of his position atop civilized society — has every right to chow down on his dog when trapped in the wilderness with no other options available.