You know, and I've said this before for years now, maybe after we outlaw meat, we could put an end to the cruelty animals show to one another. It is terrible sometimes. And if you consider insects animals, it becomes almost genocidal then. Then the animals could live on their own island or nature preserve. And we could perfectly balance it to have no predators, while making sure overpopulation doesn't happen either. And, as I've said for some time now, we could engineer trees and ocean algae to give off just the right amount of carbon dioxide too. Enough and in perfect balance for everyone, including animals.
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Yeah, and someone online recently said dogs are better than humans. Yes, I told her, dogs are much better than humans. Kind hearted and self-sacrificing too. Cats I think are more humanlike. That ironically is why some people don't like them. But Lions and Tigers are kind of evil. And snakes are pure evil, as are some insects. They're cruel and heartless and don't seem to care at all how much suffering they are causing. Because they seem so casual about it.
Well ... at least Domestic Dogs. (Unless yo train them to be otherwise ... Been chased down and attacked by domestic canines that were trained to attack humans) But their Feral ancestors were and some still are ruthless killing machines their instinct is to kill prey. anything that runs from them is prey and must be killed.
That reminds me. An animal psychologist once told us, if something fall on the ground, like food, or a ball, don't take grab it if your dog is moving toward it. Because even if he's nice, he will bite you at that moment. Or there's a good chance he may. And don't disturb your dog while he's eating for the same reason. We had that happen once with a white Briard we had. Because their predator instincts kick in at that moment. And they think your are taking their prey away from them.
It all depends on training of domesticated pets. I have a friend, who has an Akita Inu, that will not approach anything dropped to the, unless it is one of his toys and he knows it. A new toy? he won't approach until told he can. The Akita knows that food dropped is off limits, because he doesn't serve pets human food.
People say humans are wrong for killing animals. But animals kill all the time. Even very vegan Hippopotamuses do it sometimes just to be cruel. But usually animals do it for food. Humans kill animals, and other humans. When they do it it humans, most agree it is only all right if justifiable. IOW, you had no choice. Doing it to animals is different though. Because although animals have some rights, they don't have the same rights as humans. Because they're animals. And they are sometimes dangerous and sometimes just don't know what is best, even for themselves. Killing animals now, I think, is justified if done for the right reasons, and if it done totally painlessly. Or, if it can't be avoided, then as painlessly as possible.
No death is painless. Just because the person/animal doesn't thrash and scream doesn't mean pain receptors haven't been firing as the brain fights to stay alive. Humans Are Animals (Classification: Chordates Mammalia). Justifiable killing is a buzzword to make Humans feel better about ending a life. Otherwise they would suffer intense emotional and phycological trauma if they accepted the full scope of what was done. While it may seem that other species kill for pleasure or to be cruel it will always be over something like Dominance within a clan or pos, Like Orcas. Chimpanzees are famous for plotting and carrying out wars against other families of chimps. But humans are unique in that they will kill for sport. Even going as far as killing their own simply too kill with no specific need or reason.
So to review then my stance on everything, we need the gradual abolition of meat because I think that is more realistic. And I think most Americans would agree with me on that. For ethical and health reasons. And then let's address animal inhumanity to other animals. I'm not joking. They are heartless. Did you know? When a rattlesnake swallows a bunny whole, it is still alive but paralyzed. And then it is slowly digested to death. We can't change the ecosystem. We've already done enough damage to it already. But maybe someday human biological and genetic engineering will elimated the need for ecosystems and forests. And what wild animals that are left can live then in zoos. (See the importance of zoos now?)
