Straight up: I would be honored to have you quote me.

You bring up an excellent point: Aside from the gratuitous nature of constantly depicting animal abuse in fiction, there are a lot of fucked-up, sick twists that will try to emulate what they see on screen or read in a book. There has to be some accountability.

There are so many instances of the examples you provided here, and hell, maybe if more of us speak up, we can meke a difference

Thank you so much, Nina.