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Police in China rescue over 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as mutton, pork
(www.straitstimes.com)
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Ah speciesism again...
cats and dogs matter, but cows, chickens, lambs, sheep, pigs etc don't matter. Yep. Makes sense :/
They all have the same capacity to suffer. So why look after some animals but not others?
Eating someones pet is different than eating an animal being raised to be eaten. For starters you have to kidnap the pet.
how is it different? They all have the same capacity to suffer. They're all living, breathing beings. They all experience pain and suffering. How's it different?
In this case we're talking literal stolen pets though.
why should that matter?
Because appealing to and manipulating your emotions is the only way that fella can alter your behavior in the way they see fit.
They don't approve of your autonomy.
Spoken like a sociopath.
what about the autonomy of the animals we keep locked up on farms?
Well I just talked with a farm chicken and they seemed okay with it. Have you bothered to ask these animals how they feel about it or are you just projecting your own values onto them?
I've personally been to factory farms. The animals are far from okay with it.
I am a factory farm.
The animal kidnapping. It directly hurts the owner. A farmer doesn't really get sad when the lambs go to slaughter.
Right ? I should be allowed to abuse and manipule people freely if I label them as "Slave" !
comparing slaves to animals is what slavers do.
Okay. That's just a really bad argument. Stealling someones cat and killing the cat is bad. You directly hurt the owner and the animal.