"Bias to be cleansed from this sentence: ""Among the bodies in the dumpster were a cat and two of her kittens..."". The current rules of English only afford the status of dead body to deceased humans. When PETA convinces Webster's and Brittannica, then they can get away with putting that wording in a wikipedia article. Until then, this statement should read ""carcasses,"" ""remains,"" or some other correct and unemotional term. 

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