I was once privy to a, shall we say, “heated discussion”, about whether eating traditionally pet breeds of animal was acceptable. One position said it was wrong no matter what.
Let’s call that ethical position 1.
Another said it’d be OK as long as those animals were bred specifically for the purpose, were treated well while alive and were never pets. Like farm animals are (theoretically) treated.
That’ll be slightly less ethical, position 2. Make a scale out of them. Draw a line between them and extend.
Feeding euthanised, previously healthy pets to wild animals is - in my opinion - at least position 3 on this scale. Make those wild animals captives and you’re headed off in the direction of 4.
I can’t say it’s wrong, but it ain’t right either.
I was once privy to a, shall we say, “heated discussion”, about whether eating traditionally pet breeds of animal was acceptable. One position said it was wrong no matter what.
Let’s call that ethical position 1.
Another said it’d be OK as long as those animals were bred specifically for the purpose, were treated well while alive and were never pets. Like farm animals are (theoretically) treated.
That’ll be slightly less ethical, position 2. Make a scale out of them. Draw a line between them and extend.
Feeding euthanised, previously healthy pets to wild animals is - in my opinion - at least position 3 on this scale. Make those wild animals captives and you’re headed off in the direction of 4.
I can’t say it’s wrong, but it ain’t right either.