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Originally Posted by Zevo

Are you being intentionally obtuse? I'm pretty sure I said any animal, so no, that doesn't just apply to pets.

Hunting...I hope the animal is killed outright and doesn't suffer. Hunting for sport shouldn't be done, and even then they aren't being abused.

Racing...No, the animals shouldn't suffer and in most cases they don't.

Pest control...Should be done humanely, and I think in most cases is.

Farming... There is a difference between raising an animal for food and abusing an animal.

The problem I see is that we have different thresholds for what constitutes suffering for animals that are:

-Being hunted: How often do hunters get an instant kill
-Bred for sport: Just look at rodeo, calf roping...etc
-Pest control: Are you going to charge someone who may have accidently dealt with pests in an inhumane manner? Surely poison and lethal traps should be illegal considering there are non-lethal options right?
-Farming: Stuff pigs, chickens, cows into tiny pens where they sit in their own filth all day

and finally

-Pets: If you saw someone roping a German Shepard like they do a calf at the rodeo or killing them by shooting them in the body, surely you would have a fit. Just like when people saw video of puppy farms, which in reality, aren't that much different than most farms.

P.S. I don't really have any issue with rodeos or lethal traps or anything like that...