This is my first time reading an ethnography of this nature, so I was curious to discover how the process would manifest in this kind of research. Immediately, I am intrigued by Abrell’s writing style and goal of making multispecies ontological texts like these more integral to the way anthropologists and people as a whole conceptualize inter-human relationships. The stories of animals like Bob and Eloise are written in an incredibly engaging way that cannot help but make me consider them to be beings of the same species as myself, making their coined status as bestia sacer even more heartbreaking. It seems that this type of anthropology and research is far more significant than most current academia would give it credit for, the divulsion of the animal condition within and without sanctuaries like the ones studied posing important inquiries about how we view ourselves and how many human concepts we impose onto non-human beings. I am curious to know about the potential criticisms this research faced since it appears to be a heavily contended subject, and what responses to those criticisms may be. I am also curious about how the interlocutors responded to the piece, if that is something they were able to do.