green 0 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 I was just looking at that other dolphin thread and it got me thinking about the treatment of animals generally. There was a travelling "zoo" visiting our town in the summer and I really felt angry looking at the conditions the animals were kept in. This tiger pacing up and down obviously frustrated in his ridiculously small cage. I am almost certain that they could not have got away with keeping the animals in such conditions back home. There's a dog kept outside down our road as well that looks completely miserable all the time, I just don't know why they keep the thing. Poor thing has almost no space and is very seldom taken for a walk. I'm not saying it's just Japan of course or generalising too much, but here is where many of us are at the moment after all. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Anyone who is cruel to animals makes me really angry, wherever they are. It just seems to be such a low kind of person. Link to post Share on other sites
danny 0 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I have never seen a zoo that I thought was good for the animals. Boycott them. Link to post Share on other sites
proudtobegay 0 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Already do. TREAT ANIMALS WITH RESPECT! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Agree. Had a similar experience in a small local zoo in Kyushu. A monkey was screaming non-stop and clearly in great stress. It was obvious that the zoo hadn't a clue what it was doing. Appalling really. Link to post Share on other sites
GoodTimes 0 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Very sad. That makes me mad. Poor animals. Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 People who are cruel to animals should be dealt with very severely. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 I remember seeing a strange little NZ short film one time about a revolution by sheep in league with human animal liberationists. All the butchers, farmers and others involved in the slaughter of animals were rounded up and put on trucks destined for the works. If I remember correctly the sheep had started to speak but I don't think they'd wored out how to drive trucks etc-hence the need for human helpers. Made me think about things from a different perspective for a bit. I'm still a dirty old meat eater though. I also grew up on a farm where I took part in the culling of various animals. I'll be one of the first against the wall when the revolution comes I guess. Needless cruelty to animals is not on, but anyone who's been to a freezing works would be hard pressed to seriously say it's a place of good times and little stress for the animals. Perhaps it's all needless cruelty, but then nature is cruel isn't it-you've all seen lions at work on TV right? Being a vegetarian is maybe more ethical in some ways, but even then you're still more than likely to be indirectly contributing to the suffering of animals in some other way. A lot of those animals are humans involved in the provision of goods and services you consume. I'd be lying if I didn't say that I lose little sleep over these matters, simply because I genuinely feel there's #### all I can do about it. Am I good, bad or just like most other people in doing so? Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Mogs, how are they treating the other animals at your job these days? Still on limited rations and same-sex, non-breeding cages? " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> Link to post Share on other sites
yodel 0 Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 My Japanese friend insists that chickens who live their life in a small box where they cannot move are no less "happy" than free-range chickens. And that they have "no rights". Apart from this issue, I really like the guy, but he is super cold on the subject of animals. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Went to Izu recently with a girlfriend (who incidentally is obsessed with cats) and had sashimi dinner there. When the fish was brought to the table it was still alive and moving even though most of its body has been cut out. I protested immediately but she told me (charmingly of course) simply that fish is supposed to be eatedn this way (and that I shouldn't worry about small things)!! Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Siren I have something in common with your GF I like strokeing pussy to Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Do you like wearing loose-socks and puri-kura too? You could be twins, for all ye know. Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 My Japanese friend has a golden retriever and that dog is one happy happy dog. Link to post Share on other sites
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