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Do you think reptile live feeding is animal abuse? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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I've stumbled across videos on YouTube that show snake owners feeding them a live rate or rabbit or whatever. Some people in the comments say well that's just nature, others say it's animal abuse. What do you think?

On reddit I saw a snake owner saying what they normally do is kill the prey beforehand with a CO2 chamber and freeze it, and that there's no reason to feed live. Like the snakes don't need it. If that's true I guess it's needless suffering then. Weird that these videos are so available on YouTube then.

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[-] Krudler@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

The idea that you would take a living creature and treat it like a possession is disgusting and inhumane

Pet ownership should be completely banned, I realized that's an unpopular decision and people love dogs - that's fine but I still hold this opinion

Most of the abuse that animals suffer is a result of the systems that funnel pets to owners, and in any way participating in that makes one guilty of said abuse

[-] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

The amount of times I have talked with vegans who own and advocate for pet ownership…

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

People have completely arbitrary values, and they are subject to change on a whim if the person just wants something

People don't seem to get that values aren't something to continually shift situationally

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