Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extre…

Milan Kundera
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Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death. ✨ The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.
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Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death. ✨ The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

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