QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 10:08 PM)
Mercy I'll play.
I believe they said they are using roadkills or strays. But that doesn't matter much to my point.
We euthanize dogs and cats by the thousands every day in American because people allow their pets to breed but don't want the puppies and kittens. We systematically and institutionally slaughter millions of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish every month.
Read the label on dog food. Made with real chicken, 100% pure beef. So we slaughter a chicken to feed the dog, but slaughtering the dog to catch a shark is wrong? Why does the chicken or cow have a higher moral value than the dog? Interesting isn't it?
The one person here who I believe has a strong moral platform to condem this practice is ChiSoxy, who hates plants so much she only eats plants, no animal meat. Mercy, if you are also a vegetarian, I must bow out of this game and concede your point. But any carnivore has little room to complain.
I'm guessing most of us are omnivores but I get your point. I might be able to tolerate it more if the animal was dead. But I doubt sharks would be for it then. Anyways I'm not a farmer (surprsingly since I'm from Iowa, haha) but I don't think the chickens and the cows get eaten alive. Some chickens and cows are raised to be slaughtered for food, I'm guessing these dogs weren't raised for it, but I could be wrong.