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I see animal sanctuary caretakers the same as the previous owners of the animals. They talk about how the animals shouldn't be kept as pets and how it's such a tragedy but what they really did is find a loophole to do the same.
SatanBurger · 36-40, FVIP
I'm a hypocrite because I had a cat since I was 4 even though she longed passed away but I can see problems in having pets. The word pet is cringy because it suggests an animal like a human owns another animal. Even when I had my cat I didn't look at her as "pet," I looked at her as "Tiffy" the cat that owned at least half of my bed for such a small being.

On the argument of pets and animal sanctuaries, I get the idea that some are hypocrites from the pet standpoint but then others rescue animals who would otherwise go for poaching. With the rise of Chinese medicine which is a snake oil cure using animal parts, animals are also going extinct.

Some feel like this may be natural but I feel like it's not because it's based on delusions of grandeur for the most part. It's a search based off fear of death and driven by the egotistical need to be forever beautiful even though it doesn't actually do anything, essentially a delusion.

I feel like despite wild animals, people generally are ignorant even taking proper care for their cats and dogs. I notice many try to force their pets to go against their own instincts by not fostering as natural of environment as they possibly could.

Many people look at pets as if their tables or chairs and then blame the animal for the human animal's bad behavior. Some of these people really do love their animals but they don't see that they hurt them and that leaves a morally grey area of even owning pets to begin with.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@SatanBurger That's all I really want from such people, to acknowledge that they wanted to own exotic animals. It's all good that they chose the altruistic route but what I don't like seeing is them talking bad about wanting to own them.

I don't doubt their other reasons like conservation but I'm pretty sure they also want big cats of their own.

I'm also reminded of PETA, the founder kept dogs but then he left and lesser members under Ingrid's following made PETA anti-pet. Ingrid is okay with "companion animals" though. That's something I don't see as any different than a pet with a good owner.
SatanBurger · 36-40, FVIP
@Jackaloftheazuresand That is true and I agree. I used to support PETA when I was vegan, I'm not anymore out of being disillusioned from the vegan community for a lot various reasons, mainly newer stuff. I didn't know that about the pet thing, that's interesting and also hypocritical.

It's finding out what happens behind the scenes that I don't like.
Miram · 31-35, F
Never been to one. How is it like? A reservation?
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@Miram I like that first one in particular, it has complexity and I can grasp it
Miram · 31-35, F
SatanBurger · 36-40, FVIP
@Jackaloftheazuresand @Miram I don't mean to interject lol but when you stated that society was captive Pete Seeger's Little Boxes came to mind, somehow I found it ironic 😆

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