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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
cute or not, I hate pets
I love wild animals, but don't see how they are supposed to be substitutes for our inter-personal shortcomings.
Granted, I've had to put down a couple of animals in my day, so I have no sentimentality at all about dogs or cats or hamsters or fish - in my eyes they live in captivity and would probably be better off dead.
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man i couldn't disagree more.
i might have agreed years ago .. but not long ago i caught a mouse in our place. (2 cats and the mice were eating out of their dishes.
I caught the cats staring at the mice - afraid to move (the cats !)
So i put this little bugger in a big old aquarium i had - and the little guy lived almost 5 years.
they live longer in captivity than they do on the wild ..
because they arent anyone's food, it's a no stress lifestyle ..
what do you think small animals do in the wild exactly - that they cant do in captivity ?
go to animal clubs ? eat what they want ? get the books they really enjoy ?
the life of a mouse in the wild is pathetic .. a daily life and death struggle.
is that better for a mouse ? (ask one who's just finished a nice bowl of sunflower seeds and a run on the wheel .... and ask another in the jaws of a fox ..
now a lion, bear .. big animals - they need the space ..
and birds .. they need to fly .. (but i have to admit - i've seen some bigger birds act like dogs - they love the company of humans.).
pets are a love hate thing with me ... i love animals - i like to see them up close - play with them ... but i hate dealing with them dying ...
as far as inner personal shortcomings ? i'm not sure i follow that unless you mean people who have animals to love because they have no one else..
but even then it's mutually beneficial .. cats and dogs think people are cats and dogs - part of the pack.. they enjoy the affection. cats love being held and scratched ...
better off dead ? i dont thinks so.
better off without man on the planet ? maybe ...