by Space Cadet Marz » Sat May 04, 2024 11:56 am
I agree that people should be way more careful about letting kids near small animals, but I know I was handling them at an early age because I grew up on a farm, so I think it is very situational. Now I do think people should stop letting their babies and toddlers freely interact with animals of any kind. I get so tired of seeing videos of people's babies climbing all over the family dog, or grabbing and trying to pick up a cat. When the animal eventually lashes out because the kid doesn't understand it's body language, or accidentally hurts the animal with a badly placed hand, the animal is the one who gets blamed and often euthanized, punished, or re-homed depending on how badly they lash out. Animals are not play toys or babysitters for your little ones.
Veganism isn't accessible to everyone, and it doesn't make someone morally superior for choosing a vegan lifestyle. Veganism isn't harm free, it's just a matter of deciding which animals you are ok with taking the loss for commercial agriculture, as all commercial agriculture depends on preventing "pest" animals from devouring your crops. It's totally cool to make that choice to live vegan, but don't look down on others who don't or can't.
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