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but how can castration be done with happiness and well-being in mind and
As much as I love my animals, they are not humans, and as such, are not capable of always making the best decisions for themselves. And, as their "caretaker," I take that responsibility very seriously and try very hard to do what is right and responsible.
Just because a single unspayed cat can be responsible for the birth of thousands of kittens does not mean they should be allowed to. As their "caretakers," it is up to us to make the responsible decision to make sure that they aren't allowed to reproduce unchecked.
I guarantee that a cat or dog who is allowed to have two litters a year, year after year, will NOT have the same quality of life - or even the same length of life - that a dog or a cat who is spayed will have.
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do you think a person would be happy to have this done to them?
Millions of people make this decision every year and are happy to be able to have a healthy sex life without the worry of pregnancy.
I doubt very much that there is a single animal on my property, who if they could reason, would think they were a slave. LOL
And spaying and neutering is a routine practice around here for the dogs and cats and the boy baby goats get castrated, as well. All done with their health and happiness and well-being in mind. There are not enough loving homes for the dogs and cats that are born every year in this country, and responsible pet owner makes sure their own pets don't contribute to the overpopulation problem. Humans can make the same choice for themselves; it is up to humans to make that decision for their pets.
Euthanizing a dog (or cat or any other animal) when they are suffering due to old age or injury or illness is an act of love, kindness, and compassion. I believe in "death with dignity" for humans, too, and I am glad I live in a state where it is legal.
Nor do I think a female animal has the capacity to "want" children.
Many of us keep pets, or benefit from animal slavery - such as farm produce.
When we have an old dog that gets sick, many of us just take it to the vet to be 'put down'.
When we have a female dog that becomes inconvenient because she wants children, then we get her 'spayed' - ie: destroy her internal organs.
Imagine we did this with humans?
Isn't this what occurs though to many people around the world - ie: get sick and have no money - then you are just left to die.
Can't afford to keep the master happy - then it's off to the sweatshop or factory for slave wages (in the 3rd World at least)
yet many of us benefit from the cheap products whilst turning a blind eye.
wouldn't it just be simpler to reintroduce slavery?
and how about the dog that gets spayed? - in the human case, then the woman who wants inconvenient children will likely have her organs psychologically destroyed by societal consensus.
Well, you pretty much summed up the Republican platform!
Republicans believe that low wages are good so no wages must be even better!
Republicans believe women are nothing more than sex slaves already...poor and middle class men will be next.
Why not? The Wealthy get what they want and they want everything.
I agree with the spaying part whole heartedly. Most problems in society can be traced to poor people breeding. Eugenics is an idea whose time came, and never left.
Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, is that you?
Eugenics = evil on earth.
Genesis 1:27-30 27God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.
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