• Missouri police chief resigns after caging family’s lost puppy at a gun range and shooting it
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[QUOTE=Sableye;49329199]i wouldn't say quite that, some people are just raised to see animals and things differently, look at how much fear came out of just allowing gays to be, there are still major politicians that see gays as an affront to nature because one line out of one book told their parents to tell them its wrong[/QUOTE] Which is an elementary school view; if you have the remotest ounce of empathy in your body something like these statements and actions do not take place. If you walk in to a hospital and see a man suffering in a hospital bed from AIDS, and you look at his history you think he should be there because "he has the gay" or it's a natural consequence of a "lifestyle" that you don't "get", you're probably lacking empathy or are an asshole, or both.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49328737]Yes. The only time there is legitimate need to put down a dog is when it is suffering from serious illness or injury, or is too violent/aggressive to be homed.[/QUOTE] You're welcome to believe that, but just to be clear, you're way outside the societal norm on this. There are about 2.4 million dogs put down every year for non-medical or violent reasons. What do you propose to do with these dogs? People clearly aren't willing to adopt them.
[QUOTE=sgman91;49330844]You're welcome to believe that, but just to be clear, you're way outside the societal norm on this. There are about 2.4 million dogs put down every year for non-medical or violent reasons. What do you propose to do with these dogs? People clearly aren't willing to adopt them.[/QUOTE] That's an entirely different discussion. The facts of THIS case are that the dog [I]did[/I] have a home, and a family who was actively looking for it. The cop executed the dog for no reason without even first trying to find the family, and then tried to hide from the family what had happened to their puppy when he realized he was fucked . There is absolutely no justification for this whatsoever, and I certainly hope that you are not implying otherwise.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49330928]That's an entirely different discussion. The facts of THIS case are that the dog [I]did[/I] have a home, and a family who was actively looking for it. The cop executed the dog for no reason without even first trying to find the family, and then tried to hide from the family what had happened to their puppy when he realized he was fucked . There is absolutely no justification for this whatsoever, and I certainly hope that you are not implying otherwise.[/QUOTE] From the beginning I clearly said that his story didn't even make sense. From what I can tell he's in the wrong in this case. The idea of whether killing a dog (for non-medical or violent reasons) in general is always morally wrong is definitely relevant to this discussion because the correct consequences heavily depend on it.
[QUOTE=Hunterdnrc;49328025][img]http://i.imgur.com/SYyO6qn.png[/img] Shooting a dog because it's convenient to the shooter is neither of those things.[/QUOTE] when people say humane death, they are not talking about that death versus no death they are talking about that death versus a painful, prolonged death. Almost zero cases where an animal is killed is humane.
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