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Originally Posted by Ne7en
I agree some animal deaths on the highway are a result of entertainment. At the same time I would say driving on a highway is allot more of necessity than having a rodeo. It's an unfair comparison.
How long do you think the rodeo would go on if it were dogs in the competition instead?
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It is unfair. The numbers do not accurately represent the fact that driving is a necessity and that many of the road kill numbers are a result of that instead of entertainment. There is however a whole different argument to be had regarding our "need" for obstructing the natural environment to suit particular ways of life.
As for your question:
It's a bit of a hard hypothetical to comprehend. Again, I get what you're trying to do, but it doesn't quite make sense. You can't ride a dog, nor do you use dogs in the same way you use horses and bulls in farming.
Let's say, however, that for as long as the rodeo was around, it was actually an event with dogs, with events that were more suited to the capabilities of dogs, and accidental deaths occasionally occurred.
In that case, I think it would be no different. But in that scenario, you're asking what it would be like if part of human history was entirely changed, so it's hard for me to make that leap and give a definitive answer. For all I know in this scenario, we eat dogs regularly and don't keep them as pets.