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Is this animal abuse?

Reddit Animals

I feel morally obligated to help this poor dog. He obviously has behavioral issues and I had to stop taking my dog to the park with him when they got older because his owner is too scared to reprimand them and get an injury. What do I do!? submitted by /u/Taylisenby [link] [comments]

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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Whether we like to admit it or not, we (culturally) view animals on a "sentience spectrum." " We're more willing to forgive acts of animal abuse against animals like fish & amphibians, compared to mammals & birds. I reckon that most of you reading this probably aren't "snake people."

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

12): While this is a step in the right direction toward reducing the animal abuse inherent in all factory farming (from the chicken’s point of view), it’s still a long way from what nature intended. Let chickens be chickens, and avoid the whole moral dilemma by going vegan. Jean Bettanny Port Townsend, Wash.,