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Castrating animals, what's your say?
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Animals don't seem to care whether they have their balls or not. My male Jack Russel Terrier, when he came back from the vet's, seemed more intent on pulling out his stitches and treating the wound if anything.
It's really only people who seem to attach self-respect to a pair of gonads.
Besides, my dog seems to do just fine. I've heard people argue that they should be able to enjoy sex, but in all reality I don't see such a big deal about it. Especially considering the alternative. After all, we already have a major overpopulation problem, along with the problem of poor genes in our domestic pets. I won't touch on that now.
Oh, and I believe you mean neutering. Castrating refers to the removal of all associated organs, iirc.
It's really only people who seem to attach self-respect to a pair of gonads.
Besides, my dog seems to do just fine. I've heard people argue that they should be able to enjoy sex, but in all reality I don't see such a big deal about it. Especially considering the alternative. After all, we already have a major overpopulation problem, along with the problem of poor genes in our domestic pets. I won't touch on that now.
Oh, and I believe you mean neutering. Castrating refers to the removal of all associated organs, iirc.
Really, I don't have a problem with neutering animals for the purpose of preventing over-population. I don't think most animals "enjoy sex" as humans do, anyway.
Not to mention there are probably quite a few humans who should be neutered as well, but that's a discussion for another time.
Not to mention there are probably quite a few humans who should be neutered as well, but that's a discussion for another time.
I'll take that post as a "I'm a con-neutering/castrating" message.
Well, animals definitely are as smart and/or conscious as humans.
That's not being doubted. But most animals don't seem to really have sex other than for reproduction. I.E., outside of "scheduled" breeding times. Dolphins do. I'd be against neutering dolphins, only because they seem to enjoy it as a social thing.
I'd take that statement as pro-neutering, actually.
That's not to say I believe animals are devoid of intelligence and feelings--it's quite the contrary--but I'm just saying it's perhaps a bit too anthropomorphic to assume a dog will sit up at night missing its balls. If I recall correctly, besides humans, there are only a few other species of animals that engage in sex for reasons other than reproduction solely, and I think most domestic pets don't fall into that category.
Of course, I may be wrong, but honestly, it seems a humane and effective way of keeping the population in check, and what of all the animals born that can't be taken care of if we don't control the population?
Of course, I may be wrong, but honestly, it seems a humane and effective way of keeping the population in check, and what of all the animals born that can't be taken care of if we don't control the population?
BWHAHAHA. Hah. Haha.
Just the image of that. Saving that to my quotes text file there, buddy.
EDIT: Zathura, is the quote in your sig serious?
The two best uses for castration are probably pest control and "anger" management.
For the first I'll cite dogs and cats as an example. Where I live you often find these animals on the streets, especially in suburban places. The best way to control breeding is by doing a simple castration. Over time, even though they won't disappear, their number won't increase as much as it's increasing now. This is a more viable solution than just sending to the dog pound where they'll eventually be put to sleep.
The other case refers to dog attacks against people or other animals. If a dog has an agressive tendency and size to back it up (see the dangerous breeds of dogs list) or an agressive history, then he should immediately be castrated. In Portugal attacks on people by dogs happen every now and then (not very common) and often the solution is putting the dog to sleep. I think this is the worst way to handle this seeing more often than not it's the owners fault for not raising the animal properly, however for some reason it's the dog that pays. The government wants to entirely eliminate dangerous breeds of dogs here by freezing the commerce around them. I for one would like to have a Bull Terrier in the future, so to be honest instead of doing this, the government should pass a law where these animals must be castrated when they're acquired unless you're a licensed breader.
For the first I'll cite dogs and cats as an example. Where I live you often find these animals on the streets, especially in suburban places. The best way to control breeding is by doing a simple castration. Over time, even though they won't disappear, their number won't increase as much as it's increasing now. This is a more viable solution than just sending to the dog pound where they'll eventually be put to sleep.
The other case refers to dog attacks against people or other animals. If a dog has an agressive tendency and size to back it up (see the dangerous breeds of dogs list) or an agressive history, then he should immediately be castrated. In Portugal attacks on people by dogs happen every now and then (not very common) and often the solution is putting the dog to sleep. I think this is the worst way to handle this seeing more often than not it's the owners fault for not raising the animal properly, however for some reason it's the dog that pays. The government wants to entirely eliminate dangerous breeds of dogs here by freezing the commerce around them. I for one would like to have a Bull Terrier in the future, so to be honest instead of doing this, the government should pass a law where these animals must be castrated when they're acquired unless you're a licensed breader.
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Before my cat died he was never neutered. I like to think there's a lot of little growing-up cats with half his genes somewhere.
...fuck, I thought you had made a joke or something about it, and I answered with a sarcastic remark back there =/
Well, Monkeys and Dolphins are known to.
That may be so, but when was the last time you saw a domesticated monkey or dolphin around. I'd assume that when those animals are kept in captivity, they have specialists who can make a smart decision about neutering.
Obviously stray animals should be but close domestic pets I am anti-castration. Animals don't even get the choice or have as say so I think it's messed up to fix them.
Well I don't really care if you do it to your pets but in my case, I have a boxer who is like my pride and joy and they wanted to get him neutered his whole life. The problem is I have respect for him and I realize that it would be messed up because IT COULD change his personality and I would never want that to happen to him, I don't want him to be a calm laid back boring dog.
Another reason is because my Boxer has ENORMOUS balls. I mean if a dog has a sack that big, I wouldn't be able to go through the process without cringing everytime I see him with nothing down there. I respect my dog, and his big purple balls, as well as all animals with balls across the world. Humans are more of a threat to the world then anything so maybe we should start chopping our nads off.
Well I don't really care if you do it to your pets but in my case, I have a boxer who is like my pride and joy and they wanted to get him neutered his whole life. The problem is I have respect for him and I realize that it would be messed up because IT COULD change his personality and I would never want that to happen to him, I don't want him to be a calm laid back boring dog.
Another reason is because my Boxer has ENORMOUS balls. I mean if a dog has a sack that big, I wouldn't be able to go through the process without cringing everytime I see him with nothing down there. I respect my dog, and his big purple balls, as well as all animals with balls across the world. Humans are more of a threat to the world then anything so maybe we should start chopping our nads off.