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originally posted by: Puppylove
If you had left there she'd probably have eaten and killed most of them and done the deed for you. Hamsters are weird like that.
They were pets! Not pests! wtf!?
There are cultures that treat all life as sacred, irrespective of how man deems how developed or complex that life is
The other day, one of my kid's 5 dwarf hamsters had 7 babies. To keep things manageable going forward, I put 5 of the babies down the garbage disposal. My sister-in-law said that was cruel.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: burgerbuddy
They were pets! Not pests! wtf!?
The notion of pet or pest is really subjective ....where does one draw the line between the two and more to the point who gets to decide which is which and why death is an option based on opinion ?
ETA i am not sure that even makes sense, well it sort of does to me in the alcohol induced state i am in ...
originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: carewemust
I think it's each to their own according to their conscience and within the laws of the land.
I was reading recently that there are about 100, 000 giraffes left and how elephants have passed the tipping point and are facing extinction (in the wild). Most of the big critters have been removed from existence in the past few thousand years.
We've replaced wild animals with billions of cattle, pigs and sheep and we're happily butchering them in their thousands every day. I mean, pigs are considered to be on the scale for sentience and they taste too damn bacony for that to matter.
We're presiding over the final days of some of the finest creatures on the planet and we'll tie ourselves in knots about that cute little dog tied up and barking outside the store. You know what I mean? We're emotionally invested in some animals and don't really give a crap about the rest.
The evidence says 'morality' doesn't really come into it beyond 'needs must.'