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How do you feel about pet ownership? [My prior comment, also in this thread, is a brief summary of what I think about it.]
by slfnflctd 10y ago
How do you feel about pet ownership? [My prior comment, also in this thread, is a brief summary of what I think about it.]
- wavefunction 10y agoI read your comment and I can understand your viewpoint. My opinion is that it's most realistic to make the admittedly arbitrary call that domesticated animals are a historical fact at this point and there's no way to put them 'back into nature.' I think these domesticated animals and pets should be offered the most humane lives possible within the cultural relationship with humans. I try to eat mostly vegetarian but I don't believe absolutism is healthy or a realistic way to live life. I don't approve of exotic animal pets, mostly because I feel that the animals likely won't fair well under care that is probably insufficient to their needs, and also that they like zoo inhabitants would be better off in their natural (non-anthropogenic) habitats experiencing life as their species should.