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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Bill who wrote (100391)4/6/2005 2:08:20 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
I expressed an opinion that racers are unsuitable as ordinary pets. My opinion had nothing to do with animal rights, morals or ethics.


Let's accept this then. Given the consequences of such an industry, what should the fate of the surplus dogs be? Humane destruction or prevention?

Some people might consider that the former is unethical because they mistakenly love all dogs as cuddly creatures. Others might view the latter as impractical because one can't know if a dog can race till it races. An uninvolved party (like me, really just responding to a post of admitted frustration on your part) will find that there is a consistency in Grainne's opinions.

If we consider that dog racing may not be much different than, say, a hog farming operation in the clinical nature of the business, and clearly there is only a tenuous human benefit (unlike hog farming), then it is legitimate to question the practice of dog racing, the puppy mills supporting it and the fate of the losers.

With that said, this business does seem to be on an exploitive continuum similar to the production of fur and dog fighting from the articles posted by Grainne, and I'll further note at this point that something legal isn't necessary ethical or desirable. Certainly it isn't the worst one on the continuum but neither is it convincing that dog racing or greyhound puppy mills represent a business that people in the U.S. would typically support if there was complete disclosure.
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