I'm all for Animal Liberation, but why is it more important to save the last of a dying species than it is to save animals than are abundant and aren't becoming extinct.
Okay, that wasn't clear, even to myself :D Let me try again. Why is it more important to save the life of a tiger than it is to save that of a cow?
If a species is getting extinct, just let it go. There's no point in catching a couple of them, placing them in a cage in a zoo and encouraging them to make out :)
I know, i totally agree with you. What i basically meant was along the lines of live and let live. I didn't mean a particular the species that are becoming extinct:) It is important to save species that are becoming extinct coz they have no reason to die..or rather be killed. They exist because they provide a balance in nature where every creature contributes to it.It just scares me that once this balance is lost, everything shall cease to exist. Not that i shall live upto that day if and whenever it comes. i am just concerned i guess:) If money that is obtained out of selling whatever body parts of the animals, its clearly cruelty. I believe that the power we have can be used to preserve these creatures and at the rate animals are being poached/killed, who knows one day even animals like cows might start becoming extinct...maybe not.
It just scares me that once this balance is lost, everything shall cease to exist. Not that i shall live upto that day if and whenever it comes. i am just concerned i guess:)
But the balance is always shifting. It always has and always will. (Evolution, Survival of the Fittest and all that) There's no point in trying to keep these animals from becoming totally extinct. How different is the balance going to be when they are totally extinct to when there are only ten to hundred of a particular species? Unless some calamity can be predicted, I don't think there's a point to forcibly keeping a particular species from going extinct. It's the suffering of animals that bothers me and one tiger no matter how rare isn't any more important than a cow. The only argument I can see for preserving rare species is for increased tourism money. In which case, it's only a financial decision and not one based on compassion. P.S-this post of mine isn't a one-liner:p
I agree the balance shifts and will continue to. I however do not with the 'survival of the fittest' thing. We can always survive even without killing animals like these. I believe in co-existence of all creatures. Its not entirely a point of becoming extinct. Yes, the ultimate issue will be that, but the only reason people are now trying to conserve animals that face extinction is because these animals are losing their habitat and are being poached. Cause of this? We people. Its not survival of the fittest-i think it is exploiting
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Yeh. I am a lil surprised with the number of big comments not including mine:). It only shows people can help if the thought is put into them. Just that half of us don't even make the effort or worse even don't want to make an effort.
Hi, just added u to my yahoo messenger list and got a mail that u have replied to my post. So me back to LJ.
Well about effort ...... I myself have not done much, but when we (astra1111 ,itsjoy,petropeter etc) were in hostel at NCST (Kharghar, New Mumbai), we had saved a python, a really big one. Actually our hostel was newly built and was near a mountain, there were elephant grass at the back of our hostel, since it was just after rainy season. A bulldozer was used to clean the ground behind. A python was hit on its head while cleaning the ground. The python was a huge one with enormous strength. Even when it had an injured head, it was difficult for 5 men to control it. With great difficulty we brought it near our hostel. Then we called up the fire department for help. Those fire dept. people were very careless with snakes. The instrument that they used were for small snakes and that too was bit rusted. We (students) did not allow the fire department to take charge over the injured snake, since Indian government officials can't be trusted, they
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Okay, that wasn't clear, even to myself :D
Let me try again.
Why is it more important to save the life of a tiger than it is to save that of a cow?
If a species is getting extinct, just let it go. There's no point in catching a couple of them, placing them in a cage in a zoo and encouraging them to make out :)
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It is important to save species that are becoming extinct coz they have no reason to die..or rather be killed. They exist because they provide a balance in nature where every creature contributes to it.It just scares me that once this balance is lost, everything shall cease to exist. Not that i shall live upto that day if and whenever it comes. i am just concerned i guess:)
If money that is obtained out of selling whatever body parts of the animals, its clearly cruelty. I believe that the power we have can be used to preserve these creatures and at the rate animals are being poached/killed, who knows one day even animals like cows might start becoming extinct...maybe not.
P.S-this post of mine isn't a one-liner:p
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But the balance is always shifting. It always has and always will. (Evolution, Survival of the Fittest and all that) There's no point in trying to keep these animals from becoming totally extinct. How different is the balance going to be when they are totally extinct to when there are only ten to hundred of a particular species? Unless some calamity can be predicted, I don't think there's a point to forcibly keeping a particular species from going extinct. It's the suffering of animals that bothers me and one tiger no matter how rare isn't any more important than a cow. The only argument I can see for preserving rare species is for increased tourism money. In which case, it's only a financial decision and not one based on compassion.
P.S-this post of mine isn't a one-liner:p
Yeah, I noticed :D
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Well about effort ......
I myself have not done much, but when we (astra1111 ,itsjoy,petropeter etc) were in hostel at NCST (Kharghar, New Mumbai), we had saved a python, a really big one. Actually our hostel was newly built and was near a mountain, there were elephant grass at the back of our hostel, since it was just after rainy season. A bulldozer was used to clean the ground behind. A python was hit on its head while cleaning the ground. The python was a huge one with enormous strength. Even when it had an injured head, it was difficult for 5 men to control it. With great difficulty we brought it near our hostel. Then we called up the fire department for help. Those fire dept. people were very careless with snakes. The instrument that they used were for small snakes and that too was bit rusted. We (students) did not allow the fire department to take charge over the injured snake, since Indian government officials can't be trusted, they ( ... )
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