Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Be Kind to Animals...

...or else? [More]

I'm trying to reconcile the right of all to keep and bear arms and my natural inclination to treat animals humanely against the actions of intrusive social engineers forcing themselves on people and dictating how they treat their property.

The Humane Society is not one of my favorite organizations, particularly with their anti-hunting activism.

Kurt Hofmann talks about this in yesterday's GRE column.

7 comments:

Chris Mallory said...

I think the proper response to these quasi "only ones" would be "Get the XXXX off my property and come back with a warrant."

Sean said...

Lex Ovis, Non Dominus.

straightarrow said...

The thing that struck me was the neutral reporting in this article as opposed to the fear mongering we have come to expect had these people not been in government employ.

Thirdpower said...

This is not the HSUS. This is a local organization. They're not affiliated and most local groups don't like the HSUS because they suck up donations and do nothing to help animals.

If you ever watch an episode of "Animal Cops" or similar, you'll see why this is a good idea.

MamaLiberty said...

And, obviously, just leaving people alone to be responsible for their own animals is not an option.

By what legitimate authority do these (or any) people presume to decide what is "abuse" of animals (or children). The definition is as varied as the person making it.

fidelity said...

MamaLiberty, I'm totally fine with the government stopping things like sodomy, for example, to both children and animals. I think growing an animal in a cage that it can't move in, for the simple reason of increasing a profit margin by a fraction of a cent is rather cruel and unnecessary. Chickens cost less than $0.10 to produce in Mexico - that's including the price of feed. Sure, chickens are probably the single stupidest animal on the planet, and serve no purpose but to be eaten, it doesn't mean we have to be intentionally cruel to them.

Remember that whole Swine Flu thing? That's probably another good example of where government should step in and mandate health requirements at pig farms.

Anonymous said...

They can enter private property and seize animals w/o a warrant? I'm sorry, but NO.
I'm rather soft-hearted, and like most animals better than I like most people. But try to come on my property w/o a warrant, and we'll find out how good you are with that concealed weapon.

Armed Geek