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feeding the local racooon population is NOT a good idea, please stop doing this, as a wildlife rehabber, im telling you this is a very bad idea, not only are you desensitizing the racoons to human presence your teaching them to aproach humans for food, racoons are also not only carriers of rabies but many other illnesses and a racoon thats been desensitized to human presense is not only troublesome (they will learn to open your doors and windows and "help them selves" but potentially dangerous, racoons will attack people if theyve been desnsitized and think those people have food.
racoons will also kill kittens and attack (and potneitally kill or infect) adult cats and small dogs, for food.
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE...watch them, enjoy their antics, but dont ENCOURAGE them to aproach your home/take food ect.
i cannot tell you how many calls i get over the year to remove racoons that were "CUTE" when they first started comming round for food, but after a few months of feeding bring thier frineds are screaming and fighting all night, attacking neighborhood small pets and even kids, and are tearing through screens, opening doors ect and geting into the atticks/walls and houses in general of these people.
these racoons can usually NOT be rehabbed and released so they have to be put to sleep or sent to centers (and centers typically wont take them) because releasing them they will either return or begin aproaching new people for food.
not to mention its dangerous for the racoons too, they think people will give them food and are often desnsitzed to the feeders larger pets too...so it puts them at risk of attack from larger dogs, and from being shot on sight from other people who may assume that overly frinedly racoon is rabid.
I don't think one's life is more important than the other's. We are all living creatures capable of feeling pain and emotion. I do admit I have more empathy for animals than for humans. I do feel bad when I hear about people in situations of pain and suffering, but I feel more pain for animals in the same situation just because they're more generally forgotten and given less importance. They have no voice and nobody to stand up for them. I know I'll always be given crap about it, but it's how I feel. I would rather donate to animal causes than to humans'.
A friend and I were having a conversation about animals and humans and who's life we feel is more important. I would enjoy other peoples thoughts on this matter so please give me some feedback
It's clear-cut !!
As a general question the answer is known!
for everyone without thinking, without any debate just tell me ?
that all depends...is the chicken being killed to privide FOOD for me and my family or just for the sake of being killed...
did the human do something to need retaliation...
i wouldnt KILL either unless there was a good reason, i think killing in itself for NO reason is barbaric...
i will however kill a chicken (and have) to feed me and my family...
i WOULD kill a human in self defence if i needed to...
to me all life is sacred, be it animal human or even plants...
and killing should only occur in a situation in which it MUST to protect or feed myself or my family.
killing...and saving...however...are like comparing apples to oranges...
No,no need to give details.
As a general question it is known that the HUMANS LIFE is the most important or the most VALUABLE.
No need to suppose ' if ..then'
If human is a criminal ,killer ,burglar,... .. etc
because, he asked a GENERAL CLEAR QUESTION and all of us must say Humans Life!
OK Imagine this attitude :
If you see a child (suppose 1 year old) is about to fall into a deep hole and in the other side, a baby cat is also about to fall into a deep hole.
Here, You are in the middle.
You can help one of them, just one. Don't say( if.. then )I give u the details.
There is no enough time to help them together.
If you help the cat,the child certainly will fall into a deep hole and he could die.
If you help the child, the cat certainly will fall into a deep hole and it could die,too.
So, you have one choice to choose.
Which one is would you choose?
which one is weighted to rescue ?
I hope you understood my weak language.
Adding, also imagine that a baby cat is for you, you are the own, so it's your lovely cat
my instinct says the cat...my brain says the kid...
but i also dont get along well with children, and where the hell is this kids parents.
so for me...yes it realy DOES depend on the ifs and buts...because i dont "like" human beings as a whole...
my instinct says the cat...my brain says the kid...
but i also dont get along well with children, and where the hell is this kids parents.
so for me...yes it realy DOES depend on the ifs and buts...because i dont "like" human beings as a whole...
Hahaha! That made me laugh .
I'd have to agree. I'd have about the same compassion for the child as I do for the kitten. Both are valuable in my eyes.
If I saw a random situation where an animal (lets say dog, because I am a dog person) and a stranger (let's say and average joe kinda guy) were in equal peril, I would save the stranger hands down. I may not know the person, but I just think... what if they have a family depending on them? How many lives would be torn apart if I let the person die and choose to save the dog instead? Yeah, he could be a bad person... who knows... but he could also have childeren/a spouse/siblings/parents/friends who love him, who would be crushed if they lost him. I think about... what if my husband/daughter/mother/sister/ect were in peril, and someone was in a position to save either them, or a loose dog... I would want the person to choose to save my family member.
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so it's your lovely cat 
