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Wednesday March 21, 07
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12:54 PM - Animal WRONGS Campaign
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am both a staunch vegetarian(borderline vegan) and compassionate animal lover. Over the years I have done my utmost to keep the profile of animal rights high in people's consciousness.
So....it was with both shame and disgust that I read about PETA suggesting that Knut, the baby polar bear, abandoned by it's mother in a Berlin zoo, would be better off 'being killed' than be allowed to live in what they have decided will be a 'humiliating' situation. They argue that for Knut to live in a synthesized version of his natural environment, away from contact from other polar bears will lead to a miserable existence, and therefor it would be better for the bear to be killed.
I cannot believe the crass stupidity of this thinking. How can ANY organisation that calls for the ethical treatment of ALL animals call for the enforced euthanasia of a baby bear. Where is the logic here?
The owners of the zoo have claimed that Knut has formed a bond with his owner, and that he will, over time, slowly be introduced to other polar bears...especially females.
The locals are also, quite rightly, creating uproar over this, demanding he be kept alive.
Anyone who has seen Jean Jaques Annaud's movie 'The Bear'(aka 'L'Ours') cannot but be moved by the plight of the orphaned Kodiak cub Youk, and while the circumstances are obviously different, I deplore the very idea of the killing of a bear cub when NOTHING is known of the future that awaits him.
I support fully all animal rights groups, but any group calling for the death of an animal for purely speculative reasons is not getting one ounce of support from me.
PETA......you're a fucking disgrace!
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