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Originally Posted by KTrain
I don't like the argument that you're a hypocrite if you're not against every form of animal "abuse". I eat meat and go to zoos.
I just don't like using animals for our entertainment. Especially in situations where they can be hurt performing for us. Everyone has their own line they don't like to cross. It can't be an all or nothing argument.
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You can definitely have your own line, but what's on either side of that line can definitely make you a hypocrite.
You enjoy zoos, where wild animals are held in relatively tiny spaces and some just resort to pacing back and forth? Do you think a lion belongs in Calgary? It's for your entertainment, no doubt about it, and a perfect example of the type of hypocrisy I'm talking about.
The meat thing is trickier, we all gotta eat, but most people don't GAF about where their meat comes from and what the animals go through. You don't need that meat, and you certainly don't need it for the price of animals getting abused for it, but people are just happy as clams browsing through flyers for a great deal on chicken breasts.
If you don't like animals being used for entertainment, that makes sense.
Goodbye rodeos, zoos, dog shows, etc.
If you don't like animal abuse, that makes sense.
Goodbye factory farming, puppy mills, even our right to keep pets to some extent, etc.
If you don't like animals dying?
Hello vegan!
I think a lot of people say "I don't want animals used for entertainment where they might die." The issue there is that there are fates much worse than death. Do I like the risk of death rodeo or zoo animals have, just for entertaining us? Of course not, it's tragic. But when the alternative are the animals being abused or killed on purpose, species being wiped out, or animals never even living in the first place, I think the reward greatly outweighs the risk for these animals.