(July 12, 2009 at 8:08 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote: If your talking about keeping wild pets, then I agree. No one should have wild animals as pets, but cats and dogs have been domesticated, and it's in their best interest. If these animals were set free they would be left on their own to die. Sure some would survive and become feral but they would only cause problems and be hunted down like other animals considered pests in society. Honestly, don't make such blanket statements about something that is far more complicated. These animals have a better quality of life when they are with caring owners. Bella was a starving stray when the Animal Rescue league found her, now she's content and lives a happy life never wondering where her next meal might come.
In fact it's been argued that the best way to protect endangered animals is to have a use for them. Seems horrible, but it's true. Any animal seen valuable whether for food or as a companion has no fear of ever becoming extinct.
You honestly sound like Peta, an organization I despise.
Well domesticated pets are a perversion of nature born out of people's cruelty. I agree many wouldn't survive in a natural setting because they have no place in it. This disgusts me more than wants me to justify prolonged abuse. Just like it's probably be harmful to try to introduce a ferral child back into mainstream humanity.
Don't support the prolonged abuse of animals in the first place if you're truly an animal lover.
