Heysorry to bring up the thinking animal subject again, but I wanted toadd to the elephant conversation. I saw something a few yearsago,about elephants who had lived in captivity together formany, many years. The matriarch of the group died several years beforethe film was made. The elephants caretakers played a recording of thematriarch's noises (or language) for the remaining elephants. Theyrecognized her voice even after years without her and began to lookaround for her and cry for her. I don't remember all the details (Idon't have an elephant-like memory
) It was touching and moving.
Survival of the fittest is the way nature works. It's hard to acceptthat animals that we love so much are sometimes bred for the purpose offeeding animals that other people love. There's nothing wrong withhurting for the rabbits that are fed to reptiles, without taking intoaccount our own choices in food and clothing. It's hard to beconsistent in every aspect of life. Especially when loving a particularanimal is such a big part of all of our lives. While I'm sure snakeowners and snake breeders love their pets and want the best diet forthem, it is hard to comprehend how the snake owner who loves his orheranimal so much canfeed it eat another animal.It's different than opening a can of dog or cat food, because we are sofar removed from what is in the can. Feeding your pet animals is just adifferent experience. It's hard to imagine purposefully feeding my cator dog a rabbit or a pig. It takes a different mindset to own a petwith such feeding requirements. Not to say it's "right" or "wrong" it'sjust different than what many of us can do. Rabbit meat breeding isjust hard to accept no matter how real it is and who it benefits.
Really interesting thread.
