Animal rights, awareness and issues 2014

[Arletta]

Cows are livestock.. Dolphins aren't.

Ever see a cow as smart as a dolphin?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Arletta

Cows are livestock.. Dolphins aren't.

Ever see a cow as smart as a dolphin?

just saw this. i don't know if cows are smart, can be trained to do tricks or not.

all i do know is that there are cultures who hunt whales and dolphins, including the inuits, who are u.s. citizens.
i would never hunt or eat a dolphin.
but i'm no more going to tell someone else what they can and can't eat, just like i don't want anyone worrying about what i eat.

canadians, icelanders, greenlanders, norwegians, russians, etc, etc engage in whale or dolphin hunting.

at any rate, i don't agree with senseless killings like the poor giraffe, but that's a far cry from subsistence hunting, or hunting by aboriginal peoples, or people who hunt for both food and because they wish to maintain their cultural ways
if the dolphins or whales are endangered or protected, obviously the IWC would step in.

[randallscott35]

At least they fed it to the lions? Seems natural choice.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

At least they fed it to the lions? Seems natural choice.

I knew someone would try to justify it by saying that.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Arletta

I knew someone would try to justify it by saying that.

Whoa there, not justifying it, but I don't like to judge others with regards to animal choices unless it is cruelty. Lots of people eat horses for example in Europe. Who am i to judge them? Sure this giraffe probably should have been moved. Of all the things and going on in the world, this isn't high on the list. Poaching kills far more elephants, giraffes, you name it. Context is key to all these discussions.

[randallscott35]

And further, you can be assured that by stopping the horse slaughter bill in this country, you have effectively made cruelty to horses much more likely in places like Mexico where they will still be killed in some of the most inhumane ways imaginable. That's a sin.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Arletta

I knew someone would try to justify it by saying that.

consider the source.
and seriously, you don't have to quote him. defeats the 'ignore' feature completely.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Danzig

consider the source.
and seriously, you don't have to quote him. defeats the 'ignore' feature completely.

Trouble reading again from the typical judgmental ugly American on the board. Still waiting for an apology from your hideous post in the vaccine thread. I won't hold my breathe.

[randallscott35]

Shoot first, ask questions later. Think sometimes folks.

http://world.time.com/2014/02/10/mar...s-have-culled/