Animals that are commonly pets are worth just as much as any other animal, amirite?

Define worth? I could sell a tiger for a lot more than a dog

by Adventurous-Elk-2786 7 hours ago

theres like 5000 tigers in the world, and nearly a billion dogs

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

By economic value, tigers are worth more

by Adventurous-Elk-2786 7 hours ago

So if I euthanized 999,995,000 other dogs, my dog would be worth nearly as much as a tiger?

by SuitNo1707 6 hours ago

Keep this person away from dogs.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Honestly probably more for a while at least, equal supply but much much higher demand and lower cost of ownership for a dog vs a tiger

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

I had no idea there were so few tigers left…that's really sad

by Imaginary_Guard 6 hours ago

Why do (most) people care about their houseplant dying but are fine eating vegetables? Why do (most) people care about someone insulting their friend but don't care if someone on another continent insults a stranger they don't know? Why do (most) people care if someone writes a bad review about a movie they like but don't care about a bad review on a movie they haven't watched? It's impossible to care about everything. Mental resources aren't infinite either. So (most) people pick and choose. Choosing what's closer and more familiar to them. Hypocritically, yes, but it is what it is.

by Sad_Fail_6628 6 hours ago

If im catching what your throwing your saying we should eat dogs, cats and humans because all animals are worth the same from like a universal perspective and nothing has more inherent value than the other?

by Proud_Student 5 hours ago

I didn't say we should eat humans humans did not evolve to eat each other and also I think we are worth more than animals (to ourselves) so for that reason we shouldn't eat each other but in the point of view of the universe we aren't worth any more than other animals so in an objective way I don't think it's morally wrong for humans to eat each other just like most humans don't think it's wrong for cannibalistic species to eat each other. however to human civilization the human bias matters more than objectivity so I don't think we should eat each other

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Same could be said about human life. I feel a creatures ability to feel pain and comprehend things deeply is what makes its pain hold weight.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

In that case there are very few if any animals we should eat because virtually all of them feel pain.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

Probably but I'm weak willed. I feel like it's the understanding of the pain. Fish apparently have nothing going on up there.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

This is a good argument against my point. Thank you. Didn't even think about that cats are carnivores lol. That doesn't matter in terms of morality but it is a good reason why we don't eat them.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

During domestication, cats and dogs were better suited for other roles, which is why we don't usually consider them food. In places where eating cats and dogs is a matter of survival, though, I agree it's not morally wrong. Kuru is why we don't eat other people.

by Extra_Ad6862 4 hours ago

Humans have domesticated dogs to a point where it would be irresponsible and cruel to betray the trust we have spent millennia breeding into them. Like we did with pigeons. They were a critical tool for mankind until the last couple of centuries and now everyone looks at them as flying nuisances when we, collectively, bred them to be dependent upon us to serve our needs.

by Luciano52 4 hours ago

I've taken injured wild animals to the vet before. I care a lot about them. So there.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

The line is just where animals traditionally haven't been worth farming. Some animals are too hard to control, others (carnivores) are too energy-inefficient. There's no reason to farm dogs for eating when you can farm goats or sheep far more easily, so few people have ever eaten dog. Dogs are just as valid wild game as any other animal though, and come the apocalypse there may well be an abundance of strays to eat.

by ivolkman 3 hours ago

Dogs and cats were gradually domesticated by proximity to humans over thousands of years. That's the difference compared with farm animals. That's why we don't eat them.

by Noemi40 3 hours ago

Since we're the only ones quantifying the "worth" of any living organism, it will always feel wrong to someone.

by Intrepid-Ideal 3 hours ago

Generally it's about animal intelligence #1, and cuteness #2. But yeah, the line is very much arbitrary tbh and we'll be hard pressed to ever reach a consensus on this as humans overall.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

I bet if we examined your personal morality there would be some arbitrary lines that you abide by as well.

by Odd_Revolution_5748 2 hours ago

you're right

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

It's not a response based on logic its a visceral emotional response that humans have been hardwired to have towards pets or companies. When people see pets get hurt it's illicites different brain responses compared to animals we have compartmentalized as "wild"

by Double-Sea-7059 2 hours ago

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?" Jeremy Bentham

by Electrical-Echo 1 hour ago

I like dogs

by Anonymous 1 hour ago