Remembering that Animals Aren't Human
When does an aspiration to be humane to animals actually disguise an inset belief that animals are human? Being a life long lover of animals of all kinds, I was given pause by a number of events that caused me to ponder this exact question.
A number of questions are raised at the end of the post about how we eat, how we should treat our pets and animal "emotions", in general.
http://searchingforsustenance.blogspot.com/2010/11/remembering-that-animals-arent-human.html
- Category: Environment, Food, Pets
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Realizing Animal "Humanness" In Grieving
I disagree that animals do not possess human qualities, therefore aren't human. Each one has a unique personality, and has the capacity to love and trust their owners: I experienced these realizations myself when having to be faced with putting my dog down this past week, and invite you to share your thoughts on it.
http://ashtreedesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/dealing-with-pet-loss-in-loving-memory.html
The Power of Pets
As an animal lover myself, I found your post both interesting but also thought-provoking. You are right, we do treat animals as humans (especially our pets), giving them human characteristics, as it endears them more to us.
But so many animals area treated badly by us humans when there is no need for it.
It would be hard to treat an animal "humanely" and then go and eat it. We couldn't do it. We would have to keep a distance - but there is no need for cruelty.
http://thepowerofpets.blogspot.com/
