Captain Quirk
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Megalodon,
Nice post. I was gonna quote it, but for the sake of saving a few electrons, I decided not to.
As for the ethics of wild caught and the environmental impact, my perspective is that we have a greater responsibility to these animals if not for anything than those facts. Warming, pollution issues - all that - are making these "expensive sticks" harder and harder to come by, and I see a day - probably within 20 years - that we won't be able to buy anything that was wild caught.
I often chuckle at my daughter (8 years old), in that she says "oh, that (insert type of animal here) is SOO cute; how could anyone hurt them?!". Then she says pass the Turkey... Or the bacon (I note often that pigs are very intelligent). I'm not gonna start oiling up the portobela burgers just yet, but the way livestock is treated before slaughter is definitely a concern for me. There's not a lot I can DO about it (sans boycotting any animal product, which AIN'T gonna happen!), however I at least want to keep it in mind when going about my daily life.
I'm a firm believer in euthanasia (for animals as well as humans). I even own some of that stuff that knocks out the fish for you (euthanese?). I recently put a cat down that was about 20 years old; even though he was alert, I could tell that he was in pain. I could also see his dignity slide as the years grew on. Putting him down was very painful for me - I miss him terribly - but it wasn't about me; it was about him.
One thing that I'll mention is that although we are "the most intelligent animal" (IMO the jury is still out on that), one thing that continually surprises AND disappoints me is the depths of cruelty we humans can reach. Not only towards animals, but towards each other.
Nice post. I was gonna quote it, but for the sake of saving a few electrons, I decided not to.
As for the ethics of wild caught and the environmental impact, my perspective is that we have a greater responsibility to these animals if not for anything than those facts. Warming, pollution issues - all that - are making these "expensive sticks" harder and harder to come by, and I see a day - probably within 20 years - that we won't be able to buy anything that was wild caught.
I often chuckle at my daughter (8 years old), in that she says "oh, that (insert type of animal here) is SOO cute; how could anyone hurt them?!". Then she says pass the Turkey... Or the bacon (I note often that pigs are very intelligent). I'm not gonna start oiling up the portobela burgers just yet, but the way livestock is treated before slaughter is definitely a concern for me. There's not a lot I can DO about it (sans boycotting any animal product, which AIN'T gonna happen!), however I at least want to keep it in mind when going about my daily life.
I'm a firm believer in euthanasia (for animals as well as humans). I even own some of that stuff that knocks out the fish for you (euthanese?). I recently put a cat down that was about 20 years old; even though he was alert, I could tell that he was in pain. I could also see his dignity slide as the years grew on. Putting him down was very painful for me - I miss him terribly - but it wasn't about me; it was about him.
One thing that I'll mention is that although we are "the most intelligent animal" (IMO the jury is still out on that), one thing that continually surprises AND disappoints me is the depths of cruelty we humans can reach. Not only towards animals, but towards each other.
