Is it ever right to kill animals? [ENDS 12/12/12]

[Red]

Killing animals for food doesn't really stir the same emotion as innocent people dying though Tom :S He didn't say it wasn't right anyway, he just doesn't care. Anyway I think its just our culture. If cats and dogs weren't kept as domestic pets, I'm sure we would be fine eating them as other cultures are.

[GommeInc]

My brother goes out hunting. Personally it's not for me but if other people want to do it then it's acceptable - provided they're actually wild/bred for food and not someone's pet(s).

Also, surely it's acceptable to kill an animal that is suffering? A rabbit with myxomatosis, a badly injured roe deer or even a dog suffering with cancer?

[FlyingJesus]

Killing animals for food doesn't really stir the same emotion as innocent people dying though Tom :S He didn't say it wasn't right anyway, he just doesn't care. Anyway I think its just our culture. If cats and dogs weren't kept as domestic pets, I'm sure we would be fine eating them as other cultures are.

omf how is it even possible to miss the point? I'm not saying that the two situations are the same, I'm saying that the thought process behind his reasoning is off because it can't be applied universally and therefore is either baseless or hypocritical

[Inseriousity.]

There are very few ethical dilemmas that can be applied universally imo. Doesn't make it baseless! Even the obvious one 'do not kill', self defence and I'm sure it'd become morally acceptable to kill.

[Sian]

pigs have a higher intelligence than dogs, and I certainly prefer a pet pig (But it wouldn't stop me eating it if I got hungry).

So I have only one thing to say, circle of life, ok, not all animals eat other meat, which is why I have absolutely nothing against vegetarians, but personally I'd eat any meat once.

I don't really give that much of a crap about social norms so any animal can be food or a pet (though some won't always taste nice and some won't always stay tame). Though all animals should be given the proper respect whilst they are alive.

[iLogan]

if anyone has an emotional attachment to the animal aka if its a pet then no

if its for food then yh

[BreakfastBacon]

HAHA right above this post was a post named "how do you like your steak?"

---------- Post added 29-11-2012 at 04:36 PM ----------

@ everyone arguing about killing dogs you do know places in asia eat dog.

[wiktoria]

honey boo boo child has a pet pig

Edited by Matts (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly!

[Lee]

I eat meat, but I wouldn't say I'm proud of an animal dieing for it

But, in some situations where an animal may be ill and suffering I would say yes as hard as it can be.

[Zak]

I'd happy kill pretty much any animal to be honest. If it must be done, it must be done!

In short .. Yes I do think it's right for us to kill animals. Some are farmed for the very purpose to be eaten, so why not eat them? They could have started farming cats and dogs for that purpose but they didn't.. If they had though guaranteed people would eat them.

When I see a cow in a field I think... I bet, given the chance, they'd eat us Just so happens we became the dominant species and we control what we eat (sort of).