Animal cruelty all over the place
February 12, 2008 7:57 AM Subscribe
Animal cruelty. Where does it start?
A couple of media reports dealing with all kinds of different aspects of the relationship of humans and animals got me thinking and wondering about the definition of animal cruelty.
I own no pet, the only contact with animals in my city life is the meat that I eat - direct inter-creatural interaction (almost) does not take place in my life.
I remember that when I was younger I used to enjoy teasing girls who were into horseback riding by claiming that riding a horse was pure animal cruelty - how would they feel carrying a little monkey on their backs kicking them in the sides for a couple of hours everyday.
This joke came back to me and I wondered: What's your take on animal cruelty? Does it start by banging in the head of a baby seal with a piece of wood or is "dominating" a dog by using a collar and a leash already the beginning, in which case every form of domestication of animal should be considered cruel and the only way would be to totally avoid any contact. Like in: "Hush! Stay in your goddam woods! We don't want anything to do with you."
So, dear Mefites, what's your take on this?
A couple of media reports dealing with all kinds of different aspects of the relationship of humans and animals got me thinking and wondering about the definition of animal cruelty.
I own no pet, the only contact with animals in my city life is the meat that I eat - direct inter-creatural interaction (almost) does not take place in my life.
I remember that when I was younger I used to enjoy teasing girls who were into horseback riding by claiming that riding a horse was pure animal cruelty - how would they feel carrying a little monkey on their backs kicking them in the sides for a couple of hours everyday.
This joke came back to me and I wondered: What's your take on animal cruelty? Does it start by banging in the head of a baby seal with a piece of wood or is "dominating" a dog by using a collar and a leash already the beginning, in which case every form of domestication of animal should be considered cruel and the only way would be to totally avoid any contact. Like in: "Hush! Stay in your goddam woods! We don't want anything to do with you."
So, dear Mefites, what's your take on this?
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