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originally posted by: ware2010
a reply to: searcherfortruth
ohh I understand completely.. I seen this video the other day of a guy being eaten by a lion and when the police or whoever it was finally got there they shot the lion with a pistol, about 5 times, then they went in the cage and grab the guy being eaten and the lion was still alive moaning loudly.. that really pissed me off, they should of just let the dumb fu**er be ate. I felt for the lion, beautiful creation.
Six alligators were later captured and euthanized in order to find the animal that had attacked Lane Graves.
Afterall we are animals of this Earth as well.
They don't build houses on your land.
originally posted by: ketsuko
Plenty of times in the wild animals compete and kill each other for territory, in other words, they kill or attempt to kill each other for setting up homes on each other's turf.
Do you think that one male lion is blaming the other for his stupidity even as he's killing him for either holding a territory (house) he desires or for raiding a territory (house) he currently holds?
No, it's just nature.
I will never understand why people persist in thinking that we humans are outside of nature for some reason. We have our territories and we hold and defend them same as any other in the world.
originally posted by: paperdoll
a reply to: searcherfortruth
We're taught that zoos and such are perfectly normal but in reality they are cruel and sick. People think it's fine that these animals are put there for our selfish entertainment. These animals are depressed. It is wrong to deprive them of their natural habitats. Animals get treated like crap all around. Most people are so blind or just can't break away from what they were brought up thinking is normal. We humans think we are superior to everything and that it's ok to use and abuse things if it benefits us. It's sad that society can't empathize with animals and see the pain people cause. We treat animals like dirt and then the second an animal does something to us, even in a bad environment that we created, we feel it deserves death.
I'm also thinking about how it's crazy that people think it's normal to keep birds in cages. How does that make sense?
originally posted by: searcherfortruth
originally posted by: paperdoll
a reply to: searcherfortruth
We're taught that zoos and such are perfectly normal but in reality they are cruel and sick. People think it's fine that these animals are put there for our selfish entertainment. These animals are depressed. It is wrong to deprive them of their natural habitats. Animals get treated like crap all around. Most people are so blind or just can't break away from what they were brought up thinking is normal. We humans think we are superior to everything and that it's ok to use and abuse things if it benefits us. It's sad that society can't empathize with animals and see the pain people cause. We treat animals like dirt and then the second an animal does something to us, even in a bad environment that we created, we feel it deserves death.
I'm also thinking about how it's crazy that people think it's normal to keep birds in cages. How does that make sense?
Yep on the bird one, too. Take your kid to the zoo? I am ashamed I ever did. My kid used to love the zoo, but if he fell into a gorilla pit and both he and I got attacked because I was stupid enough to A) let him get close enough to fall in and B) for going in to try and save him, then I damn sure don't think the gorilla should be shot and killed, especially since it was forced to be there in the first place.
originally posted by: paperdoll
originally posted by: searcherfortruth
originally posted by: paperdoll
a reply to: searcherfortruth
We're taught that zoos and such are perfectly normal but in reality they are cruel and sick. People think it's fine that these animals are put there for our selfish entertainment. These animals are depressed. It is wrong to deprive them of their natural habitats. Animals get treated like crap all around. Most people are so blind or just can't break away from what they were brought up thinking is normal. We humans think we are superior to everything and that it's ok to use and abuse things if it benefits us. It's sad that society can't empathize with animals and see the pain people cause. We treat animals like dirt and then the second an animal does something to us, even in a bad environment that we created, we feel it deserves death.
I'm also thinking about how it's crazy that people think it's normal to keep birds in cages. How does that make sense?
Yep on the bird one, too. Take your kid to the zoo? I am ashamed I ever did. My kid used to love the zoo, but if he fell into a gorilla pit and both he and I got attacked because I was stupid enough to A) let him get close enough to fall in and B) for going in to try and save him, then I damn sure don't think the gorilla should be shot and killed, especially since it was forced to be there in the first place.
Exactly. No, I don't have kids and if I did we wouldn't be going to a zoo. We wouldn't go to the circus either. I'd teach them to love and empathize with animals. I 'd use alternative ways to educate them about animals.