In 1999, director Shaun Monson began shooting a series of public service advertisements about castrated pets. Shane took a lot of unforgettable shots in animal shelters around Los Angeles. These materials deeply shocked him. In this way, the original advertising project quickly evolved into the documentary "Earthlings". Because it is difficult to obtain real shot material in these profitable industries, the production cycle of the film took 6 years. After the production of the film was completed, multiple distribution companies told Shan En that "Earthlings" would "never see the sun
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title card: earth-ling n. - One who inhabits the earth.
Narrator: Since we all inhabit the earth, we are all considered earthlings. There is no sexism, racism, or speciesism in the term 'earthling'. It encompasses each and every one of us: warm- or cold-blooded, mammal, vertebrate or invertebrate, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish and human alike.
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Narrator: It is the human earthling who tends to dominate the earth, oftentimes treating other fellow earthlings and living beings as mere objects. This is what is meant by 'speciesism'. By analogy with racism and sexism, speciesism is a prejudice or attitude or bias in favor of the interests of the members of one's own species and against those of members of other species.