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It's really sad what people are willing to do to other animals 8-( I think the most hypocritical example are pets, especially dogs, which are kidnapped off the
by johnea 3y ago
It's really sad what people are willing to do to other animals 8-(
I think the most hypocritical example are pets, especially dogs, which are kidnapped off their suckling mother's tit, to be handed to a human for imprinting. To the extent that catts, and other pet animals, are manufactured for consumption, the same applies to them.
People will claim these animals are "a part of their family", and that the dogs have more empathy to their problems than other people do, but still feel OK with them being stolen away from their actual families.
Go figure...
- steve_adams_86 3y agoI don’t think most dogs are taken from their mothers in ethical breeding settings. There’s quite a large buffer for puppies to grow and be separate from depending on their moms. The key is socializing them with humans in general, not imprinting them with a single human. Dogs seem to genuinely love being taken into human families when there’s sufficient attention, activity, and love. I can see issues from a naturalism perspective, but I don’t personally agree with that. If the dogs are experiencing good lives and exceptional wellbeing, it seems acceptable to me. I don’t agree with animal exploitation at all. I don’t eat meat or dairy. I think ethical pet keeping is possible, though. In my aquarium hobby I meet people who take better care of their fish than they do of themselves. It seems to me that there are caring humans with happy animals in their lives.