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what's up with the ToS changes regarding the vegan community? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/outoftheloop
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What happened in the vegan community?

I hadn't heard about any of this until seeing that ToS post.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I once gave a vegan friend of mine pause for thought when I pointed out that we probably shouldn't be keeping pets in the first place if those pets aren't in their natural habitat doing what their species evolved to do. They had cats.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A good thought, if you are planning to buy one from a breeder! Don't do that (unless you are a farmer who needs a very specific breed of working dog). By adopting instead, you can ethically have a companion, imo. The animal life already exists, so by giving it a good home, you're engaging in harm reduction. Don't forget to slay and neuter those pets!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have 2 cats but they weren't born because of me. They're from a shelter. They can freely roam the woods behind my house and of course they kill a lot of mice (and a few birds).
The other alternatives would be keeping them locked up for life and feeding them cat food from industrialized animal farms, or putting them to sleep. I don't think those alternatives would be more ethical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you let your cat out to exterminate local wildlife

And you call keeping them inside away from local wildlife that they can exterminate unethical