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ljlwpb
at Wed Aug 24 00:44:53 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ljlwpb ]
I'm not accusing anyone here of being a hypocrite, so calm down.
I'm referring to a general tendency of people to eat whatever tastes good, get fat, etc, while forcing their dog, reptile, etc, to eat the animal equivalent of a health food diet. I know my dog hates that. I "raise" reptiles as pets, not for breeding. They give me pleasure. I try to keep them healthy, but, in my opinion, I'm giving them something more important: I'm giving them the safety of not being preyed on by animals and people who eat them in their native lands. What percentage of each generation actually lives to adulthood? Just not being in the wild, experiencing less fear, being acclimated to their human owner so as not to fear him either, those are all good things that I don't hear mentioned. Any way I treat them is better than living wild, even though they can't understand that. Savannahs can live 20 years? That's in captivity with ideal nutrition. What about in the wild? 5 years?
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RE: Diet Question//Human Hypocrisy - ljlwpb, Wed Aug 24 00:44:53 2011