I love dogs. I love my dog. She’s kin (we have no kids). With the exception of the discarded chicken wing she manages to snatch off the street before I can stop her, my dog does not eat animal products. From both an animal rights and environmentalist perspective - closely connected for me- I would find it unconscionable to feed my dog food made from industrially farmed animals - as I find it unethical to eat those products myself. My dog is a rescue. When all breeding of animals ends I’ll learn to live without a companion animal - or rather I’ll learn to form new relations with free animals, including humans. Until then I’ll do the best I can. Campaigning for an end to industrial animal agriculture is a good place to start 🐶
i think this sort of conversation is really important to have because i think there’s so much to consider that we just believe is normal. my partner and i LOOOOOOVE cats, but they’re a big issue in england RN but they eat so many birds and wild animals and there’s a simply too many of em. We are definitely too much in the mindset of WELL I WANT ONE so all these bad things don’t matter. Will i get a cat at some point? Probably. Will i reconsider how i feed it, where i let it go, how i let it interact with the world because of this info like this? yes!
There are so many conversations that are tough to have re: climate! I don't think that means we have to sacrifice things we love, but it is worthwhile to consider our carbon budget in big decisions like pet ownership. Also, it doesn't really come through in this post, but I also like cats! (My partner has two and I had one with my previous roommate.) I just don't think I need one right now.
I love dogs. I love my dog. She’s kin (we have no kids). With the exception of the discarded chicken wing she manages to snatch off the street before I can stop her, my dog does not eat animal products. From both an animal rights and environmentalist perspective - closely connected for me- I would find it unconscionable to feed my dog food made from industrially farmed animals - as I find it unethical to eat those products myself. My dog is a rescue. When all breeding of animals ends I’ll learn to live without a companion animal - or rather I’ll learn to form new relations with free animals, including humans. Until then I’ll do the best I can. Campaigning for an end to industrial animal agriculture is a good place to start 🐶
Thanks for reading! Sounds like you have the right approach. Hopefully this post wasn't too polarizing!
i think this sort of conversation is really important to have because i think there’s so much to consider that we just believe is normal. my partner and i LOOOOOOVE cats, but they’re a big issue in england RN but they eat so many birds and wild animals and there’s a simply too many of em. We are definitely too much in the mindset of WELL I WANT ONE so all these bad things don’t matter. Will i get a cat at some point? Probably. Will i reconsider how i feed it, where i let it go, how i let it interact with the world because of this info like this? yes!
There are so many conversations that are tough to have re: climate! I don't think that means we have to sacrifice things we love, but it is worthwhile to consider our carbon budget in big decisions like pet ownership. Also, it doesn't really come through in this post, but I also like cats! (My partner has two and I had one with my previous roommate.) I just don't think I need one right now.
Not at all! There are lots of problems with mainstream pet ownership, and important to acknowledge and avoid these.