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I generally avoid meat for this and other reasons, but the Kea for sure don't seem to care about animal rights: > The video confirmed what many scientists had
by remcob 7y ago
I generally avoid meat for this and other reasons, but the Kea for sure don't seem to care about animal rights:
> The video confirmed what many scientists had long suspected: that the kea uses its powerful, curved beak and claws to rip through the layer of wool and eat the fat from the back of the animal. Though the bird does not directly kill the sheep, death can result from infections or accidents suffered by animals when trying to escape.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea#Sheep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea#Sheep
- hutzlibu 7y agoOr cats playing with mice, or ants, crows or vultures eating sick animals alive, or seagulls biting bits off of whales ... No, animals are not nice themself. But if we claim, we are higher evolved, we can do different.
- bredren 7y agoMake no mistake, animals are ruthless. Watch a documentary about hippos. What happens when a new bull takes over is messed up. We aren't simply hunting. We cage and destroy at a scale natural death can't match. There are deals like 6 chicken wings for $2. No thought is given to the conditions these animals are raised into slaughter.
- agumonkey 7y agoAllow me to add that somewhere, I believe we're changing for ourselves first ... people are probably missing some sense of value, some bond with nature and animals, some sense of worth, and food quality. At least when humans used to hunt, they had to make a real effort to eat, they had skills, they knew first hand what it was to kill and bleed an animal, they didn't waste. All these are existential bonuses.