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Yep, if only it could know the joys of starvation and lethal combat for territory or mates and lethal exposure to the elements and all that.
To the extent animals can make choices, I suspect most animals on the outside would prefer the security of a fence and permanent shelter and regular meals versus the ruthlessly indifferent machinations of nature.
How many wild cats do you see that are starving to death?! I have never seen any. Their instinct is to hunt kill and eat...not to sit there and wait to be served.
How many wild cats do you see that are starving to death?! I have never seen any. Their instinct is to hunt kill and eat...not to sit there and wait to be served.
My guess is you haven't seen any because a) you don't see wild cats often if ever, and b) if DO you live somewhere where human-cat encounters are common, you haven't seen a starving one because it's already dead. But here's a clue for you: sometimes wild cats DO starve to death for a number of reasons such as injury or old age or competition from other predators or scarcity of prey in their territory.
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Originally Posted by rstevens62
Humans are the real 'virus' in nature imo.
Then feel free to remove your parasitic self from your suffering host.
Yep, if only it could know the joys of starvation and lethal combat for territory or mates and lethal exposure to the elements and all that.
To the extent animals can make choices, I suspect most animals on the outside would prefer the security of a fence and permanent shelter and regular meals versus the ruthlessly indifferent machinations of nature.
Why is it then, most people who live on the street, would rather be there, then housed in cramped homeless shelters? I am sure the animals would rather LIVE FREE.
Why is it then, most people who live on the street, would rather be there, then housed in cramped homeless shelters? I am sure the animals would rather LIVE FREE.
Pretty much a false equivalency (why is the theme to 'Born Free' rattling through my head just now).
Wild animals actually do tend to stick around places where food and water is plentiful and easy to get. Replicate these zoo conditions in the middle of their natural habitat and they'd definitely gravitate there.
And honestly, worse things than that have happened to me, during our early DIY upgrades to our first few apartment buildings. I may have cussed like a whole bar-full of sailors. And USUALLY (but not always) I'd stop to take care of the wound. But I sure as heck didn't lie on the floor, whimpering.
And honestly, worse things than that have happened to me, during our early DIY upgrades to our first few apartment buildings. I may have cussed like a whole bar-full of sailors. And USUALLY (but not always) I'd stop to take care of the wound. But I sure as heck didn't lie on the floor, whimpering.
Thanks for posting that! It galled me that she endangered herself, other visitors, and the cat, for a picture, then had her face blurred on the evening news.
I hear she returned the next day to apologize to zoo staff. LOL I hope she apologized to the great cat, too.
God, I hate what humankind has become. I truly do! As each day goes by we see and hear more and more as to how the combination of stupidity and narcissism and addiction to technology oftentimes does not end well. I feel absolutely NO pity for these folks who simply can't get enough of themselves and feel the need to share their stupid selves with others who are equally stupid and thrive on banality. Facebook and other social media sites are the cesspools for this kind of thing.
And, when I see that an animal has been destroyed because of some dumb human activity (fortunately not in this case) I really see red! Something, surely, has to give at some point in time if humankind is to survive. Too many stupid people are breeding further generations of stupid people. And, the majority are under the control of the popular media and rarely, if ever, possess a thought or opinion of their own ...albeit, a different topic. A worldwide catastrophe of some description may be imminent as well as necessary.
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Thanks for posting that! It galled me that she endangered herself, other visitors, and the cat, for a picture, then had her face blurred on the evening news.
