What's the largest animal you can moraly kill without retribution

Ormus

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

galljga1

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

What an arbitrary question.

I don't think it's size that's a factor for a lot of people, rather sentience.

What the fcuk is going on?

That is not an arbitrary question.

Ken Shamrock

galljga1 wrote: »

What the fcuk is going on?

That is not an arbitrary question.

pmasterson95

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

I'd kill Bob. His carcass works fine and can post on boards. Victimless crime.

harry Bailey esq

Rats and wasps. Especially wasps.Any other creature gets a sporting chance to move out of my personal space.Live and let live is my raison d'etre.That said,im a city dweller,I find foxes fascinating and rabbits cute.But if and when I set up shop in a more rural locale,and find myself at odds with these adorable little ****ers,I don't think it would take long before I switched into 'Terminator' mode,blowing the heads of anything that moved,however cute or fascinating they may be.

Plryty

Temple Grandin has a short read on this topic
grandin.com/welfare/animals.are.not.things.html

eg

When the structure of the brain and nervous system is studied, there is no black and white line between people and higher mammals such as chimps, dogs or cows. The genome project has shown that humans and mice share many genes (Gunter and Dhand, 2002). In mammals 30 to 40% of all genes are involved in nervous system development and function. The basic design of the nervous system and the neural mechanisms that process fear and pain are similar in humans and other mammals (Rogan and LeDoux, 1996).

As nervous system and brain complexity increases the welfare needs of the animal increase and become more complex, but all animals that have sufficient nervous systems complexity to suffer from either pain or fear need basic welfare protections. Animals with complex brains also have greater social needs and a need for greater environmental enrichment.

Saipanne

galljga1 wrote: »

What the fcuk is going on?

That is not an arbitrary question.

What an arbitrary question.

I don't think it's size that's a factor for a lot of people, rather sentience.

Gandalph

Zillah wrote: »

No we don't

I thinks it's nasty and pathetic when I see someone crush a spider. Why on Earth would you do that?

I've spent ten minutes before trying to shoo a fly out the window.

FACT; We eat 12 spiders in our sleep every night!

Kangaroos are considered vermin in the outback down under, farmers spend a lot of time hunting them on their property...the rest of the time they spend eating spiders in their sleep.

aaakev

Gandalph wrote: »

FACT; We eat 12 spiders in our sleep every night!

Kangaroos are considered vermin in the outback down under, farmers spend a lot of time hunting them on their property...the rest of the time they spend eating spiders in their sleep.

If your going to make up facts you should try making them believable!

anncoates

Gandalph wrote: »

FACT; We eat 12 spiders in our sleep every night!

Exactly 12?

Every night?

OldGoat

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Hold yer whisht lads, yous wouldn't know what arbitrary was if it bit yous on the ass.

Assbiterary question?