Cetawin
Rest in Peace 1963-2021
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With regard to the numbered 1 statement above... it is the DUTY and OBLIGATION of adults to teach their children respect for animals, proper care and management and the cold hard sad facts of life and death. Many adults fail at that duty miserably! I was taught as a child that it was unfair and cruel to allow an animal that was deformed, severely injured, in pain etc etc to suffer. That if I was to have animals it was my responsibility and obligation to do what was best and right for them...not for myself. I was also told that making the right decision regarding such choices were going to be the most difficult decision I would have to make. I cannot believe her parents have not put their foot down on this matter.
If kids are going to have animals then unfortunately they are going to deal with life and death. No one is telling Goat Walker that is easy to cull them, just the opposite had been repeated and repeated. No one has told her that she should not feel sorrow, pain or shed tears. of course we know she is taking it hard but that does not change the facts.
Regarding the numbered 2 statement... yes adults argue suffering and pain and etc etc because we are not stupid. Many of us have been on this planet long enough to have felt various pains, some more seriously than others. Why do some people refuse to get it that animals feel pain as well?
Do you think being unable to stand, walk, eat and drink is not suffering? How does Goat Walker know when they are hungry, thirsty, need to move. This is about quality of life not just being alive because someone does not have the heart to do the right thing.
She states they peep constantly....I wonder, could it because they are in distress or am I that foolish to believe such a thing? I know this...ducklings do NOT peep constantly unless something is wrong.
In the wild, were these ducklings hatched on a pond somewhere. Mama duck would have abandoned them or killed them already. The weak, deformed and sick do not survive and there is a reason for this. That does not make the mama duck a bad mama, that makes her a mama who by instinct knows they will not survive.
It completely sickens and disgusts me when someone will allow an animal to die slowly rather than man up or put their big girl panties on and do the right thing. It is easier to let them die on their own in a few days than to commit a difficult act of kindness. It is pathetic. But as long as the person can live with themselves afterwards, to each their own I guess. I could not do that. If I found myself unable to commit the act myself, I would find someone to do it for me.
It is fine to question adults, it is fine to consider their advice and come to one's own conclusions however it is not fine to allow your heart to dictate a deformed animal's fate because that is a recipe for animal cruelty which this is, in my opinion.
With regard to the numbered 1 statement above... it is the DUTY and OBLIGATION of adults to teach their children respect for animals, proper care and management and the cold hard sad facts of life and death. Many adults fail at that duty miserably! I was taught as a child that it was unfair and cruel to allow an animal that was deformed, severely injured, in pain etc etc to suffer. That if I was to have animals it was my responsibility and obligation to do what was best and right for them...not for myself. I was also told that making the right decision regarding such choices were going to be the most difficult decision I would have to make. I cannot believe her parents have not put their foot down on this matter.
If kids are going to have animals then unfortunately they are going to deal with life and death. No one is telling Goat Walker that is easy to cull them, just the opposite had been repeated and repeated. No one has told her that she should not feel sorrow, pain or shed tears. of course we know she is taking it hard but that does not change the facts.
Regarding the numbered 2 statement... yes adults argue suffering and pain and etc etc because we are not stupid. Many of us have been on this planet long enough to have felt various pains, some more seriously than others. Why do some people refuse to get it that animals feel pain as well?
Do you think being unable to stand, walk, eat and drink is not suffering? How does Goat Walker know when they are hungry, thirsty, need to move. This is about quality of life not just being alive because someone does not have the heart to do the right thing.
She states they peep constantly....I wonder, could it because they are in distress or am I that foolish to believe such a thing? I know this...ducklings do NOT peep constantly unless something is wrong.
In the wild, were these ducklings hatched on a pond somewhere. Mama duck would have abandoned them or killed them already. The weak, deformed and sick do not survive and there is a reason for this. That does not make the mama duck a bad mama, that makes her a mama who by instinct knows they will not survive.
It completely sickens and disgusts me when someone will allow an animal to die slowly rather than man up or put their big girl panties on and do the right thing. It is easier to let them die on their own in a few days than to commit a difficult act of kindness. It is pathetic. But as long as the person can live with themselves afterwards, to each their own I guess. I could not do that. If I found myself unable to commit the act myself, I would find someone to do it for me.
It is fine to question adults, it is fine to consider their advice and come to one's own conclusions however it is not fine to allow your heart to dictate a deformed animal's fate because that is a recipe for animal cruelty which this is, in my opinion.
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