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I know a few people who use it/its pronouns. While I agree that treating animals with respect is a good thing, it pronouns are not necessarily a sign of disrespect or objectification.
Well in that case that is different but usually when we say "it" that is used to refer to physical objects like book or treat. Animals being seen as property harms them.
No, because people can be respectful of animals while using the word “it”.
You’re asserting all this extra stuff that the word does not convey, because you’ve unconsciously decided that is the only way to use the word.
But as others are telling you, and is true, it is common in English to use “it” for animals. Despite what your lit teacher told you, that does not create disrespect for the animals. People have been caring for animals, people with hearts, people who don’t treat animals the way they would a book, while using the word “it”, for as long as the English language had existed.
That thing where you can’t have empathy for an “it”, that a rule in your head.
I doubt that when factory farms exist.
Humanity kills more than 80 billion land animals and trillions of aquatic animals ever year.
https://awellfedworld.org/factory-farms/
By that logic you don't care for they either.