Wednesday 6 July 2016

Disney activists

It is increasingly common that each of us is bombarded by propaganda in emails and Facebook.
The Disney activists, that is the defenders of cute and charismatic animals create videos telling us to wake up, that we are the most cruel, pitiless, nefarious and odious creature that has ever existed and that because of us the Earth and the other animals are suffering.
They forward us videos of dogs that fraternize with dolphins, pigs that are friends of goats, monkeys that save their companions. Charismatic animals assault our senses every day. And with them comes the propaganda.
Meat is Murder.
Go Vegan.
How can you eat animals and say you love them?
ENOUGH !!!
Our species is part of nature and our behavior, even when it is aberrant is the result of millions of years of evolution. We are apes like the others, with a few more tools.
Regardless of propaganda the other species are in no way better than us.
India declared that the dolphins are “non-human people” and that from now on they will be protected by law. Fantastic. Wonderful. Magnificent idea. Considering that it is quite common that groups of male dolphins isolate a female and prevent her from feeding until she agrees to have sex with the group I hope that now female dolphins can complain to the police. However considering the way that India handles the problems of sexual abuse I wonder if the complain of the female dolphins will be treated any better than the complaints of human females. Can the crossed dolphins complain to the police when members of a bigger and heavier species of dolphin like the bottlenose dolphin attack and kill members of their family group for no other reason than the satisfaction of killing?
And what about the chimpanzees? Shouldn’t we throw them in in jail for hunting more and with more efficiency than lions?
Yes, there are loving animals, but these loving animals exist because our species has created conditions for that to happen.
One of the videos that ran the Internet some time ago was that of a dog every day went to the harbor and swam alongside a dolphin. No one stopped to think that this is only possible because our species has created conditions for that to happen. On the one hand we have a fishing port and fishermen who throw away the fish they can’t sell, creating a wonderful opportunity for an opportunistic dolphin. On the other hand our communities almost always have dogs. It was inevitable that the two animals crossed their paths. Both belong to predatory and social species, like us. And each of them to see show humans relate to the other and came to the conclusion that the other was not a threat and could eventually become a pack member.
What about people that embrace tigers, pigs that travel side by side with deer, ducks that feed fish?
All this is because our species has created conditions for that to happen. In the human environment, animals of different species are exposed to each other from an early age and that creates a binding phenomenon in which the other is recognized as a member of the group, not prey. Moreover animals, including human animals, mimic the behavior of the pack leaders. If the leader plays with a strange creature and even feeds it, the other pack members accept the creature as one of them.
A world of which we didn't belong would be infinitely more brutal. Yes, we are a predatory species but thanks to us an animal like sheep, goats, cows have a much calmer life and relaxed life than they would have in the wild. And also live longer.
But the Disney activists prefer to ignore all of that. They make sanctuaries for animals and roar against industrial food production and the killing of animals for food. Quite often this creates one of three possible phenomena.
1 Their sanctuaries are only for animals that are prey. No dogs, cats, ferrets or anything that eats meat is allowed, regardless of how much those animals need protection and sanctuary.
2 They accept predators (cats, dogs.., other animals that eat meat) and feed them industrial animal food and due to cognitive dissonance don’t even realize that the same animal food that they feed to their pets is a byproduct of the industrial food production that they hate.
3 The third phenomena is fortunately very rare. It is a demonstration of absolute lunacy and pitiless cruelty. I didn’t believe it was possible until someone that I trust confirmed it. They pick the predators and feed them vegan food. And then they don’t understand why they develop so many health and behavior problems. One they those clueless people will wake up with their throats being ripped apart by a tormented, famished and led to madness Chihuahua.
Yes. The food industry is cruel. It is however less cruel than what the rest of Nature does. Bears are cute but they don’t bother to check if you’re really dead before starting to eat you. Neither do hyenas, pigs, ants, rats, cats, dogs (and yes, I mean domestic cats and dogs).
And if the Disney activists really want to do something to change the way things are, they have to take a long, cold, hard look at reality (not fluffy delusions) stop trying to put the blame on other people, and lead by example not by shouting on social media.

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