Paulatic wrote:londoncommuter0000 wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Dog sausages are ubiquitous, do dogs and their keepers expect everyone to constantly look at the ground? That soft sliding underfoot when one treads in one..
I think there are far too many dogs. And cats
My ESA emotional support animal is a teddy I got for free many years ago
We have four cats, and none of them have ever done a 'cat sausage' outside, nor have they ever harmed a bird/squirrel/vole etc.
Are they a breed that’s bred for that type of environment or do you have no qualms about keeping animals in an unnatural environment.
Personally I couldn’t live with what you do I might also add I can’t and won’t visit Zoos.
[edited by me, to remove the harsh words]
In an ideal world, no human would 'keep' an animal as a 'pet'.
But this isn't an ideal world, and animals are all too often mistreated and considered as 'objects' for food, or for amusement.
If we did not have these cats, they may well already have been dead. Or alive and subject to abuse.
There is no reliable evidence that being inside harms these animals.
One of them is blind, one has a heart murmur. One was savagely beaten in her previous home (she has some teeth missing after having been punched repeatedly in the face) and has psychological issues as such. The fourth lived the first three years of her life in an upturned sofa in a tiny box room, being fed human food. She had never been taken to a vet and was repeatedly impregnated by the male cat who was in the house.
Believe me - these animals are cosseted and treated with love and respect. They are sheltered, given good food, fresh water, and are taken to the vet at considerable expense, should we notice something wrong with them. We have not adopted cats who are specifically bred for that kind of environment, but rather adopted older cats whose health dictates they remain inside (as per vet instruction). To see them strut around the house, tail held high, happily jumping up on the sofa to head butt me or my wife, or rolling around on the floor, 'hunting' a toy, is a source of immense joy.
And the bonus to all of this is that wildlife doesn't get butchered in our back garden or beyond.
Note that my wife and I are strict vegans. We do not visit zoos. We do not use animal products at all. If we travel anywhere, animal welfare is the first consideration when deciding whether to visit an attraction, or eat a certain food.
