Re:Steaks Grown from Human Cells Spark Interest and Outrage
by pmoriarty on Thursday December 10, 2020 @11:24AM
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"people who care about animals should think twice about having a pet if it means forcing that kind of procedure on a living being"
I sympathize with your view very much, but there's also the agony that results from unconstrained breeding of cats and dogs to consider.
In developed nations feral cats and dogs are often hunted down and exterminated. Even while they live their lives in are often no picnic, whether they're in a shelter or in the wild.
Also, if you have, say, a cat and you don't get them neutered and you let them out what are you going to do with all the kittens? If you don't let them out, the endless confinement could be argued as a form of misery itself.
Then you could argue about having pets at all, but then what about all the cats and dogs that live miserable lives in shelters or are unwanted or abused in other homes? Wouldn't they be better off with you?
I sympathize with your view very much, but there's also the agony that results from unconstrained breeding of cats and dogs to consider.
In developed nations feral cats and dogs are often hunted down and exterminated. Even while they live their lives in are often no picnic, whether they're in a shelter or in the wild.
Also, if you have, say, a cat and you don't get them neutered and you let them out what are you going to do with all the kittens? If you don't let them out, the endless confinement could be argued as a form of misery itself.
Then you could argue about having pets at all, but then what about all the cats and dogs that live miserable lives in shelters or are unwanted or abused in other homes? Wouldn't they be better off with you?