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GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
I suppose that's a fair point, and maybe he didn't think it through very thoroughly (understandably so), but I still support any and all actions against zoos and liberating animals from them, and he had good intentions.
rattledlove1139 wrote
Other articles mention dirt and decay in place he kept these animals, several being dead... i do not know if i agree good intentions. Love animals does not mean know how to care for or have ability, and can contribute to horrible markets for endangered species and species that not even domesticated (= even less used to humans, and people have even less knowledge on care). I love animals too but not right if i pick up baby turtle from outside and say my pet now.
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
Fair point. Guess it's pretty murky.
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
But then again, zoos are not known for taking good care of their prisoners to begin with. Might've not been very well off either way.
Joshuafall wrote
I don't like zoos but I'm a lot more troubled by animals used in research. I wish I had the courage to liberate some. I never did but I have nothing but admiration for those who do.
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote (edited )
I'm troubled by both, although research is a lot more openly brutal, whereas zoos are more implicitly brutal and the brutality lies in the concept and behind the scenes, whereas the horrors of vivisection are able to be seen right away and are hard to hide. And yes, I agree. Those who liberate animals are my heroes, and I respect them immensely. Takes so much courage and knowledge I doubt I'll ever have, and I have no ill will towards those people. Anarchists who do have a problem with it...well, I don't understand it.
rattledlove1139 wrote
Why call people that word
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote (edited )
Sorry, my apologies :( Didn't realize
Slyone wrote
He may have been trying to sell them off. Setting them free may have been better but I doubt they would survive long out in Texas.
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
Hmmph...didn't think about that
Dopeblivion wrote
That part where they call someone who saved animals guilty of animal cruelty is just fucking orwellian. Are they going to say I'm guilty of 'Aggravated Robber Baronry' when they catch me eating an old fat guy at a country club?
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
Considering civilization is built upon animal abuse and the genocide of non-human entities, yeah, it makes sense for the state to pull a doublespeak and say that any action which may relieve them of such a situation is, in fact, terribly abusive
GoddamnedVoodooMagic OP wrote
And obviously, I disagree heavily and think it's truly fucked how many people genuinely think animal liberation efforts are "abusive", falling for propaganda so effectively
Joshuafall wrote
How are monkeys better off in a closet than in a zoo enclosure. I'm not sure how big the enclosure is.