Animals being killed

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

He did say the ones that serve no purpose, of which there are plenty

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Are you serious? I have to agree with Alex that it was a shocking post, although even he was limiting his horizons to the direct benefit of mankind. Every species alive on this Earth plays its individual and vital role in the planet's ecosystem. If you extinguish one species, it can have detrimental effects on others. Carry that cycle on long enough in the right ways and it will soon enough affect the animals on whom we do depend on and thus affect us directly.

If anything, see it like this; all those "pointless" animals at least help to sustain a flicker of a sense of beauty that is left in this world as well as providing endless discovery and knowledge, along with the countless species which haven't even been discovered yet.

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Originally Posted by AlexOC

Dogs and cats can remember things and have emotionally responses to beatens or getting hurt, thats why they tend to be angry or scared of someone who have beat them. Poultry and meat such as pigs and horses only suffer the physical experience of pain, and do not feel sorry for themselves or hold it against the person who did it.

And also there isn't just people going out killing pigs, it's all done humanely (well depends the way you see it)

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i think youre giving far too much credit to dogs and cats. dogs and cats have the same range of emotions as animals we slaughter for meat. the only reason we see killing and eating dogs and cats as cruel is because we have an emotional connection with them, because we see them as our company, unlike pigs and cows. in countries where they don't keep dogs or cats as pets they don't see any difference between their meat and our so-called "traditional" meat.

Pretty simple answer, I used to wonder this and thats why I turned veggie, but animals have got to to survive, but I believe humans killing animals is just wrong, like we can live of other food like vegetables and fruit and other stuff.

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Originally Posted by Gibs960

Pretty simple answer, I used to wonder this and thats why I turned veggie, but animals have got to to survive, but I believe humans killing animals is just wrong, like we can live of other food like vegetables and fruit and other stuff.

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Unless you're vegan then even you are living off animals in one way or another.

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Originally Posted by Black_Apalachi

Are you serious? I have to agree with Alex that it was a shocking post, although even he was limiting his horizons to the direct benefit of mankind. Every species alive on this Earth plays its individual and vital role in the planet's ecosystem. If you extinguish one species, it can have detrimental effects on others. Carry that cycle on long enough in the right ways and it will soon enough affect the animals on whom we do depend on and thus affect us directly.

If anything, see it like this; all those "pointless" animals at least help to sustain a flicker of a sense of beauty that is left in this world as well as providing endless discovery and knowledge, along with the countless species which haven't even been discovered yet.

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Gotta love them tapeworms huh

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Originally Posted by RedStratocas

i think youre giving far too much credit to dogs and cats. dogs and cats have the same range of emotions as animals we slaughter for meat. the only reason we see killing and eating dogs and cats as cruel is because we have an emotional connection with them, because we see them as our company, unlike pigs and cows. in countries where they don't keep dogs or cats as pets they don't see any difference between their meat and our so-called "traditional" meat.

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Entirely true, see the film Babe if anyone doesn't believe it

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Originally Posted by Pix

Cycle of life, i call it.

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Yeah Defo , Instincted sometimes they kill if they feel threated in any way for food ect....

We Kill because of anything that makes us wanna kill another human being lol i dunnooooooo

If you really want to blow your mind about why people kill animals, check this out; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/8530723.stm

Just a word of warning: it's pretty nasty but creates the same question being asked in this thread; 'why?'

all animals besides humans and chimpanzees kill for food etc. Humans and chimps are the only creatures to kill for fun or for other means besides defense or for food.

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Originally Posted by Server

You think dinosaurs would hesitate twice to kill us if they were still around? Animals that serve no purpose should be killed and if possible exterminated and made to go extinct, they simply waste space on earth.

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It seems as if Humans do more damage to the Earth then dinosaurs ever did. And if they were around, yes they would kill us. Controversially, we would try to kill them.

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they simply waste space on earth.

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Thing is, we have poured pollution into our skies and toppled down many forests.

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Originally Posted by Sponge Bob

all animals besides humans and chimpanzees kill for food etc. Humans and chimps are the only creatures to kill for fun or for other means besides defense or for food.

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I was going to question what you meant by saying humans and chimpanzees don't kill for food but I think you just worded the post poorly :P Although I've never heard of chimps killing for fun, could you elaborate? I've heard of troops fighting other troops to the death but you could regard this as defence. I don't think (death caused by) territorial conflicts are unique to chimps anyway. Also I wouldn't generalise humans as killers for sport. It's undoubtedly a minority of our race that kill for any reason other than food. Additionally, there are definitely other species who kill without necessarily being for food or defence. The domestic cat is a prime example, which will kill birds and rodents to play with, with no intention of eating them. Similarly, killer whales toy with their prey before eating them (and I'm not sure if there are cases of them not eating it - wouldn't be surprised if there were).