Schlagwort: Pets

Only Freedom is species-appropriate (2)

“Only freedom is species-appropriate” is possible, but certain basic conditions must be given. First of all, it is necessary that breeds, regardless of the species, are no longer bred if they have those characteristics that allow only a short life from the outset. Therefore, it is not a shame if these man-made races become extinct, so that only those remain who can find their way in nature. So also, no so-called pets, which for better or for worse are dependent on human benevolence. Because if it is only a matter of compensating for our emotional deficits, it would be time to work on them and not abuse other living beings for it.

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Only Freedom is species-appropriate (1)

My bitch snuggles up to me. She is trembling all over and panting because she is scared of the approaching thunderstorm. I stroke her and give her reassurance. She can only really relax when the thunderstorm is over. No, it would be out there in the wilderness, not capable of survival, and yet I am convinced that only freedom is species-appropriate. “If you take that seriously,” I am told, “then we would have to put all animals, domestic animals, farm animals, and working animals in front of the door and we shouldn’t be allowed to look after them anymore. Pretty perverse attitude. So, you’d let them go rock hard?“

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Domestic-, Farm- or Use-Animal?

„So, you only have your dog for fun!“, said the gentleman, prussian imperious, whose passion would have been easily recognizable, but it was my first real meeting with a representative of this guild, so I naively returned
„Yes, and you don’t.“
„No, dogs are there to be used and not to be fun for people,“ he replied, trudging on. Easily recognizable, by the green tweet in which he was dressed, the hat with the chamois beard on his head. His bitch was as old as my dog, barely half a year and it would have been so nice to see her raging across the fields, but she wasn’t allowed to, after all she was a working dog, a dog for use.

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