XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, rec.animals.wildlife, rec.pets.cats.misc   
   XPost: rec.pets.birds   
   From: boyd@apt0.sao.arizona.edu   
      
   Jangchub wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:33:46 GMT, chico chupacabra    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>"lesley"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>1. Posting about the welfare of birds amongst other animals in a   
   >>>bird-related group (and I keep chickens as pets)   
   >>   
   >>Those mangy beasts behind your crumbling house aren't pets. They don't fetch   
   or roll over, they don't curl up in your lap or at your feet, they're not   
   happy to see you when you come home (nobody or nothing would be).   
   >>   
   >>Chickens are meant to be eaten. If not by humans, by other animals like   
   foxes, dogs, and snakes. They serve no other significant purpose in the   
   ecosystem.   
   >   
   > Of course all of this is a projection of your mind.  This is your mind   
   > making this up.  It's sad   
      
   What would you expect a chupacabra to think of chickens. Yum, dead meat!   
   Certainly pet birds can and do interact with humans as well as cats or   
   dogs do.  So what if animals eat other animals?  That doesn't mean the   
   same animals don't make good pets.   Yes, I eat birds and keep birds as   
   pets.  My conure will drink human blood if given the chance.  He's still   
   a cuddly pet.  My parrots apparently think I'm a good pet too since I   
   fetch for them and cuddle them at night.   
      
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