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Mostly due to the saying of people "Free as a bird", but also due to the topic of the paper. Though I dont think there should be a difference. I think that no
by hetspookjee 5y ago
Mostly due to the saying of people "Free as a bird", but also due to the topic of the paper. Though I dont think there should be a difference. I think that no pet should be kept if it requires a leash, cage or any other form of freedom deprivation. Domesticated dogs can be an exception, but in general a pet should choose to be with you because he likes you and doesn't want to go and should be able to leave whenever it desires too.
- mellavora 5y agoI'm glad you make an exception for dogs. I've been attacked by dogs more than once. Some of these were because it was an ill-treated dog. Most of the time, however, it is just circumstance. Last weekend, I was jogging on a forest path, rounded a corner and suprised a dog whose owners probably considered it a well-behaved pet-- and the owners looked liked 'responsible members of society' (i.e. not trying to prove they were tough). The dog was off-leash. Because both I and the dog were caught off-guard, this immediately turned into an aggressive situation. The dog was threatening to attack me, and the owners had a very hard time getting it to back down-- it wasn't responding to their voice commands, it kept barking and lunging at me. long story short, from my perspective, any domestic animal weighing above 4kg should always be on a leash when out of the house, as a matter of public safety.
- hetspookjee 5y agoI feel you. I have been attacked once and it truly frightened me. I still think most dogs cant be held as most people are to incompetent to care properly for a dog. So my point of view is more that having those dogs in the first place is perhaps a bad idea.
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