The role of meat consumption in the denial of moral status and mind to meat animals

@article{Loughnan2010TheRO,
  title={The role of meat consumption in the denial of moral status and mind to meat animals},
  author={Steve Loughnan and Nick Haslam and Brock Bastian},
  journal={Appetite},
  year={2010},
  volume={55},
  pages={156-159}
}
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