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Paying people to raise social, intelligent animals in horrific environments and then slaughter them seems more morally questionable than quickly ending the life
by enoch_r 4y ago
Paying people to raise social, intelligent animals in horrific environments and then slaughter them seems more morally questionable than quickly ending the life of a wild elephant. Do you ensure that the CEOs of companies you do work with are vegan?
- noduerme 4y agoNo, but it would be valid if I did. As it is, I avoid transacting with people who go out of their way to shoot endangered wild animals for pleasure.
- enoch_r 4y agoAfrican elephants are not endangered, especially in Zimbabwe (where he apparently shot the elephant): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63597223 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63597223 Of course it's totally valid to make whatever decisions you like, but there is something disconcerting to me about how we judge our hands clean as long as we pay someone else to do horrific things to animals. Personally I think I probably do worse moral harm than killing an elephant every time I buy a dozen eggs or a Costco rotisserie chicken.
- noduerme 4y agoAn average African elephant weighs 12,000 pounds. A roaster weights about 10. As a yardstick, someone who goes out and kills 1200 chickens just for joy is probably a shittier person than someone who kills one to eat.