Tilikum the orca whale is battling a bacterial infection

[TheWiseWino]

Originally Posted by budlight

So you are saying I should keep the dog right???

Well of course!

[1insider]

Originally Posted by TheWiseWino

You are aware of the difference between 15,000 to 30,000 years of canine domestication and specialized breeding and 50 years since the first live capture of an Orca which by the way are factors smarter and self-aware than Fido.

Check the user name, please. You might as well be speaking Chinese.

[mm4]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

Is the whale really 30 years old? I wonder how old it would have grown if left in the wild, maybe half that?


I suppose the same arguement can be made for criminals serving time. They are housed, fed well, have their health needs looked after but like this whale they don't have their freedom. But the world and the ocean are dangerous places so are we actually saving lives here?

You think prisons are healthy places?

And you think animals deserve to lose liberty because they're exposed to risk in a free world? Are you a control freak? A rescuer? Are you a nihilist?