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Originally Posted by Reese1  I see there are several threads now on tail docking.
I wish that people would have as much emotion and passion about
puppy mills, BYB, commercial breeders, etc..
Not that there is only one issue to resolve, but to me large business breeders trump other issues at this point! |
I have emotion and passion for ALL of these issues, so I'd prefer to discuss all of them, and not say that this one warrants
this kind of consideration and this warrants
that kind...
...I don't under stand these kinds of value judgments...?
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Originally Posted by Woogie Man (partial quote) How we have gotten to the point of considering 'any' pain a companion animal may or may not experience to be cruelty while ignoring obvious institutionalized cruelty just boggles my mind. |
Just want to clarify that there are several people on this thread who have *not* said at all that we think all/any pain = cruelty. I know I definitely never even approached that angle. Just clarifying.
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Originally Posted by jencar98  Exactly! I would much rather see all of this energy and time focused on the real atrocities in the pet industry, and tail docking isn't one of them. |
What is a real atrocity vs. a not-real one? How is that determined?