“I suggest that equitable more-than-human futures require a reorientation towards the present (as different from the conservationist emphasis on the past and future), and the recognition of variations in nonhuman flourishing and vulnerability as ‘matter(s) of care, attention and opportunity’, rather than ‘control’ (Chandler, 2018, p. 11, 21). This means reaching beyond dominant biopolitical logics of protection–sacrifice and valuations of (un)worthy life. It entails respecting the agencies and resilience of already existing abundant natures, even while refraining from the displacement of, and re-allowing space, often material, for the autonomy of diminishing natures” (Krithika Srinivasan, 2003, Conservation Beyond Biopolitics).

"…the dogs play yet another role in relation to the children of the nomads. To a greater degree than any other animals… the dogs become the playmates of the children. Babies just learning to crawl out of their fur and felt wrappings tumble amongst puppies and their attendant mothers, and find their earliest playmates among the dogs…I have seen children up to six and seven years old who romped with the dogs around the tent on their hands and feet with as much ease as they walked or ran erect, and seemed indeed to communicate with their canine playmates. From that association the child goes on; caring for and mastering beasts larger and stronger than himself…They (dogs) help shape the behavior patterns of the children of the tents and thus influence character formation” (Robert B Ekvall, 1963, Role of the dog in Tibetan Society).