Fox hunting and anti-vivisection: Why animals matter more than people | Dean Burnett

Outrage at fox hunting and anti-vivisection campaigns are just two examples of people putting animals first. But why do we favour other species over our own?Less than a week after the election, the Conservative party have already announced plans to overturn the 2004 ban on fox hunting. This has, inevitably, triggered immediate outrage. You have to wonder at the logic behind this move. For one, considering Cameron’s efforts to detoxify the Conservative party’s image, it’s so incredibly “o