https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Animals I'm a non-native English speaker, but with the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English#Animals I'm a non-native English speaker, but with the SJW thing in the US, nothing about genders really surprises me. As a rule of thumb, I'd say that putting some "she" here and there never hurts and always beats consistency. Not sure if that's what's at play here. Maybe they just want to "personify" the animals to make the story more touching.