I’ve stumbled across videos on YouTube that show snake owners feeding them a live rate or rabbit or whatever. Some people in the comments say well that’s just nature, others say it’s animal abuse. What do you think?
On reddit I saw a snake owner saying what they normally do is kill the prey beforehand with a CO2 chamber and freeze it, and that there’s no reason to feed live. Like the snakes don’t need it. If that’s true I guess it’s needless suffering then. Weird that these videos are so available on YouTube then.
The idea that you would take a living creature and treat it like a possession is disgusting and inhumane
Pet ownership should be completely banned, I realized that’s an unpopular decision and people love dogs - that’s fine but I still hold this opinion
Most of the abuse that animals suffer is a result of the systems that funnel pets to owners, and in any way participating in that makes one guilty of said abuse
The amount of times I have talked with vegans who own and advocate for pet ownership…