Roy,
That wasn't at all what I was speaking of in my post. To put it short and sweet... nature made it so animals live off other animals. If someone wanted to argue that it wasn't right to raise animals to feed to other animals, then they have no right keeping so much as a fruit fly captive. Obviously, I'm so far removed from that PETA way of thinking, and really when you think about it, many captive animals, both intended as pets, 'breeder commodity', and feeders, often live a far better 'quality' if you want to call it. They don't have anyone painlessly euthanizing sick or prey animals, fixing injuries, making the conditions ideal 24/7, providing them consistent access to food and water, etc.
I never said it was a kick to nature's face to interfere, I was saying that we cannot be here without interfering, and ignoring that fact or thinking we can exist without interfering, is pretty ridiculous. Life feeds off other life, regardless of environment. Additionally, I wasn't speaking of survival of the fittest, as we have no doubt taken that away, and mostly put that on to anything we keep captive. Jus tsimply stating nature made it so life feeds of life. It wouldn't be a matter of whether or not it would be ethical to feed these animals, it would be whether or not it was ethical to keep them period. You can't skip past the intial matter of keeping them captive and go straight to arguing about feeding :flick:
crono_vivi,
Well those are my thoughts on the situations. You might've guessed I have no problems with keeping animals captive or feeding them :flick: I have a large collection of reptiles and raise my own feeders for them. I raise my feeders to ensure quality and save money, but I also love rats as well and keep three as pets. I'm confident all my animals, whether reptilian, amphibian, or mammalian - feeders or pets, are living their lives in the highest quality I can offer them
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