Is it cruel to feed live prey to your pet predator?, page 2
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reply posted on 5-2-2012 @ 11:30 AM by nineix
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Well, it's a sense of responsibility that keeps preservation efforts going.
We miss the homing pigeon, the dodo, the tasmanian tiger, and feel a collective guilt for the close calls with the American Grizzly, Buffalo, Whales, some species of rather majestic wolf, The Barbary Lion (extinct in the wild), and many others.

In some cases the causality was simple sport.
In other cases the causality was industry 'mining' or exploiting a resource.

From a standpoint of responsibility, though we are an animal, we are a thinking animal, and due to our viral like saturation and parasitic leeching of our environments, if we don't enact causes toward preservation of our fellow species and their habitats, we may very well be hunting our own selves into extinction, leaving behind a rather barren and sad world to recover.


reply posted on 5-2-2012 @ 08:49 PM by mnmcandiez
reply to post by Raivan31



Because Piranhas aren't required living animals to stay alive. Therefore you do not have to feed them a live mouse. No one "normal" would do that because non-sadistic people feel empathy for the mouse. The mouse is in pain because YOU put it there. A wild lion chase isn't even comparable, as you had nothing to do with the gazelle.

The mouse also has 0 chance to escape like it would have in the wild. PLUS, you are putting the piranha in unneeded chance for injury. The mouse could scratch its eye out etc. Anyone that cared about their fish wouldn't do that.
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reply posted on 5-2-2012 @ 09:52 PM by Narcissous
reply to post by Raivan31



well, at least the turtle did it right. to me, it seemed like it snapped the mouse's spine, a quick way to go. and i very much understand the people who feed their predators with other animals. you got to recreate the environment for your pet. i even understand those who upload it. it is an interesting watch. not by pleasure of course, but by observation. feeding piranhas with live prey is a little harsh for me though. they've known to bleed out their victims.
I get those who feel emotional watching the mice go, but it happens a hundred thousand times everywhere every day. unlucky for them, they are on the lower steps in the food chain. unlucky for you, you can't save all the mice.
i honestly do not think that people should be bashed for feeding animals with other animals.
Do you think it is cruel to even tape it? there are photographers in the wild. a lot of them, and they always tape, and observe, but do not interfere. it's their law. should they be bashed too? i didn't think either.
there are much worse and sickening cases of animal cruelty all over, and i think this is not one of them. dogfights? yes. cockfights? yes. dogs fighting with cocks? absolutely! they are against nature. but this isn't.
and do not let emotions guide you. you think mice are cute? just like me. but they are almost in any case: food to other animals.
I feed my turtle inanimate things. turtle food, and I have never even considered giving her living beings to eat. but if I had a snake(like the ones who eat mice) I would feed them with mice. Would I tape it? a few of them, yes. Would it turn me on? no. Would I upload it to youtube? If I felt I could make a contribution to the community. Would I feel regret for it? yes, and that's why I do not have pets like these.
mark my words gentlemen.


reply posted on 5-2-2012 @ 10:17 PM by mnmcandiez
reply to post by nineix



Bugs are animals. Fighting them for entertainment is weird and sadistic. If you can enjoy watching animals kill each other for fun you have some sort of empathy issue.
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