This remind me of the birth control policy in PRC and Singapore..
For example, Singapore restricted their people to have more than 2 children last time.. but now maybe the country is richer and birth rate is low, Singaporeans are encouraged and in fact are rewarded with financial incentives to have more children... !!
Interesting, isn't it ??
Charbroilrd, Naka & Greenwich, I hope you 3 are just kidding each other here.
Human beings knows how use birth control. While animals do not. Unlike humans, animals do not have sexual intercourse outside of the fertile period. intercourse is purely for reproduction.
Which is more cruel? Dumping unwanted kittens and puppies out on the street or drowning them in the river or just when they run out of their cuteness, dump them? When neutering them it's like humans having vasectomy ( for males) and Tubal Sterilization (for females)
So, unless you are willing and is prepared to care for the kittens and puppies, please do the right thing.
Just added,
Humans after Tubal sterilization and vasectomy can and still do enjoy sexual intercourse without the worry or unwanted pregnancy.
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This video clip was taken at Faroe islands, near Denmark about a month ago..
https://youtu.be/V7NVmvjV88g
I have seen more gruesome killing of whales before. Too bad handphone with camera was not yet invented at that time.
You wouldn't want to eat red meat for days after watching the bloody slaughtering ....
The mass slaughtering of whales was done with exactly the same reason why you cut off your pet's balls, i.e. neutering for population control..
If you read my previous post. I wrote " They told me they have to kill whale and dolphin although they love these animals very much. It is kind of food-chain balance control, something like there.. " .
The fishermen killed the whale and dolphin to control the population of this sea mammals to ensure the sustainability of their fishery industry. Of course, the whale meat is also an attraction why they are slaughtered.
So, the bloody scene where the sea is full of blood is no different with the suffering of cute pet when their balls are cut off, all are done when human wanted to play God, to control the fate of other animals..
These cats and dogs (including strays) are brought to the clinic and are given anesthetic before they are spayed/neutered. It's not a barbaric 'chop their balls off' type of thing. Furthermore, they are not being killed like the whales! How can you compare the two?! The neutering/spaying helps control their population in a humane way. People are always complaining about strays and abandoned puppies. More often than not, these abandoned puppies are from dog-owners who did not 'fix' their dogs. Tell me what is so humane about seeing strays starving and in poor health condition when it could have been prevented in the first place.
From Wikipedia :
" Neutering, from the Latin neuter (of neither sex), is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. "Neutering" is often used incorrectly to refer only to male animals but the term actually applies to both sexes. The male-specific term is castrating while spaying is usually reserved for female animals "
With or without anesthetic procedure, eventually their balls (reproductive organ) are removed. The animals are neither male or female after neutering. Of course, you are entitled to your opinion that removing animal's reproductive organ is "humane"
I don't complain about strays..and I have stopped to own pets long time ago..
I eat meat. Hence, I think no point pretending you love animals by keeping some pet animals in you house... and at the same time, enjoying the meat of other animals like pig, cow, chicken, ect.
There's no right or wrong in the decision we make. We seek no justification for what we are compelled to do. I don't know if the "cutting of balls" is a moral indiscretion but I have three bitches and all three were neutered. I was told that this helped prevent something called "canine uterine infection" which can cause agonizing deaths. In any case, unwanted pregnancies can be tedious if you have no idea where to send your extra puppies.
So I neuter my dogs. Did I make the right decision? I don't know. But it certainly felt right.![]()
Right or wrong of human behavior changes from time to time.
When slavery was permitted in north America, chained the black slaves and traded them like goods in market is not wrong. I guess those who sold them and bought them certainly felt right of what they did to the human slaves..
During the era of "witch hunt" in European continent, people caught any suspicious women and burnt them alive and such gruesome crime is not wrong at that time. I guess those who did this to the thousands of innocent women certainly felt right of what they did..