Re:Animals are no less emotional than we are
by agumonkey on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:35AM
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At least dogs cover their poop with soil. Plus it's a nice fertilizer for future plant.
I think we're decoupling life too much. I don't think my system was made to be a pure intellectual being. Running for your food is probably the happiest healthiest act one can do.
The debate's been going on for quite a while now though[0]. But yes, it didn't involve factory farms, antibiotics, dead zones or climate breakdown back then.
> Your pet also would eat other pets in a wild life settings.
To me that sounds a little bit like cherry picking. Do we take cues from pets in general? Couldn't that argument be used as a justification for doing a poop on the street or going around and sniffing other people's bums?
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism#Vegetarianism