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Feeding local wildlife (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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Screenshot of a tweet by Mike Primavera (@primawesome). It reads, "My neighbor told me coyotes keep eating his outdoor cats so I asked how many cats he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new cat afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding shelter cats to coyotes and then his daughter started crying."
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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You think vegans are more likely to be surprised that predators eat other animals? I don't see the relationship there.

We have a really small wolf population here in Sweden, so small that we've had to fortify it on multiple occasions. Even so, you have these useless careless animal keepers that get really up in arms when a wolf (or a fox, even) goes and kills some of their animals, even though they often don't even have proper fencing set up.

It's ridiculous, because there are organisations that will help you fence your animals, there's monetary aid to be had for it too. Not keeping your animals safe is a choice, and I don't think it's fair to put the blame on the wild animals.

Even so, there will be animals lost to predators, and that's just part of the business. If you don't want to lose animals, don't get them.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I think they were saying that it's more baffling to them when non-vegans are shocked by predators predating, which scans with my own experience.

    My ex's mum used to regularly eat meat, but would become very upset (even bursting into tears occasionally) if you ever reminded her that the animals she was eating were...well, animals. I can't fathom the amount of effort it must take to maintain that level of cognitive dissonance.

    I wish I were a vegetarian, but my circumstances are such that it's not feasible for me to fully make that change right now. I do feel uncomfortable with the ethical implications of eating meat, but I'd rather feel uncomfortable about it than to shove it out of my mind as some people prefer to.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    No. Like let’s say one is watching a nature documentary, and they get to the hunting part.

    I get why a vegan wouldn’t like watching that, or is shocked. I find it more baffling though when non-vegans are.

    Like. Carnivores do it because they have to. It might be brutal, but for them necessary. On the other hand if you eat meat… well. The food comes from somewhere and that might seem sanitized but it’s just as brutal or more so, because of the efficiency.

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