I'd suggest that not eating them doesn't mean they're less likely to die but might well suffer more in life & in the process of dying.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
What if a UK company started raising and killing millions of dogs and sold their meat? If the dogs lived good lives, would that be OK?
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Replying to @AndrewGripp
It would be the same with all animals, yes. I'd rather dogs got to live & have a good life than not live. I'd rather I did.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But we don't apply that reasoning to humans. We don't excuse murder by acknowledging that the victim lived a joyful 35 years.
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Replying to @AndrewGripp @HPluckrose
It's the same w/ pets. We don't tolerate people who abuse or kill pets. We prosecute them. The line btw "pet" & "farm animal" is arbitrary.
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Replying to @AndrewGripp
I quite agree. I'm just not sure what to do about it. The option 'care for all animals as humans' isn't doable. Children are in poverty.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @AndrewGripp
We can & must insist that farm animals are not abused tho. Stronger penalties for those who do.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @AndrewGripp
What would you prefer if you were a pig? Never be born. Have a short happy life & die painlessly. Live & die like a wild animal w/out care?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I'm not arguing for rescuing wild animals (right: priorities). If we breed animals, though, we should treat them as we would treat pets.
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Replying to @AndrewGripp
So farmers wouldn't breed them. What would happen? We'd let those alive now live out their lives & then no more pigs, cows, chickens?
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I wasn't suggesting rescuing wild animals. I was asking what would happen to farm animals. Never exist or turned out into the wild?
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