Cruelty to animals
DiGGr
normal environment and locked up all year round.
Now they've had their first taste of freedom in years and look at them -
they look terrified, poor things.
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DiGGr
au...@pobox.com (auuV) wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:58:39 GMT, DiGGr wrote:
>
>>I think it's horrible keeping animals caged up like that, taken out of a
>>normal environment and locked up all year round.
>>
>>Now they've had their first taste of freedom in years and look at them -
>>they look terrified, poor things.
>
>You are anthropomorphising. As long as they stay with the herd, they
>will just wander around ruminating, contented enough.
Oh, come off it! Animals in the wild should *not* act as though they're
still safely locked up in captivity.
It isn't natural.
Nick Chenarides
Nick
DiGGr wrote:
>
> I think it's horrible keeping animals caged up like that, taken out of a
> normal environment and locked up all year round.
>
> Now they've had their first taste of freedom in years and look at them -
> they look terrified, poor things.
>
DiGGr
au...@pobox.com (auuV) wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:41:38 GMT, DiGGr wrote:
>
>>In message <3660821d...@news.demon.co.uk>
>> au...@pobox.com (auuV) wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:58:39 GMT, DiGGr wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think it's horrible keeping animals caged up like that, taken out of a
>>>>normal environment and locked up all year round.
>>>>
>>>>Now they've had their first taste of freedom in years and look at them -
>>>>they look terrified, poor things.
>>>
>>>You are anthropomorphising. As long as they stay with the herd, they
>>>will just wander around ruminating, contented enough.
>
>>Oh, come off it! Animals in the wild should *not* act as though they're
>>still safely locked up in captivity.
>
>I stand corrected.
<ThwackCancel>
>There was film on the TV News tonight of an escaped orang-utan (that had
>been kept in a cage as a "household pet"), running amok in the streets
>of Taipei.
Was the presumably defective cage manufactured by HRC, one wonders?
> It was scared and enraged, knocking things over and running
>around like a bull in a china shop, er Y-K-W in a newsgroup, um I mean
>orang-utan in a Taipei street.
Metaphor now assimilated. New terminology available for immediate use.
:)
>>It isn't natural.
>
>On the other hand, an orang-utan is supposed to be a close relation to
>our kind of ape, is it not?
Sometimes they're almost *too* human, aren't they?
>These herd animals might not even realize that they are in the wild - or
>even that they were in captivity before. As long as they have fodder
>and the familiarity of the herd, will they notice the lack of shelter
>from the elements and the lack of protection from predators?
I have an idea that the Dome is still working one-way. We can see in,
but they can't see out.
So their precious sensibilities are spared, bless them.
DiGGr
Nick Chenarides <nc...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Just cutting in on this thread to say Hi DiGGr.
Hi. I don't normally hang out here, but this is a Special Occasion. :)
BTW, as I saw you asking: we can see them but apparently they can't see
us.
But we're working on it. ;)