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Are you a cat person or a dog person? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by EponymousBosh@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Cats or dogs? Katzen oder Hunde? Gatos o perros? Or something else entirely? Are you sure you're even a person?

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[–] Link@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say it's unethical to breed them, but not to adopt them if that's in their best interest.

[–] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, breading is really messed up. If the cats have access to outside, i'd say it's ethical to adopt.

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think this is more of a problem with capitalism, than a problem with breeding being fundamentally wrong, we're incentivized to breed as poorly as possible, it's a race to the bottom.

That being said, I think some animals are bred pretty carefully, definitely not dogs and cats, but certain insect breeding operations are pretty ethical just because being ethical with them is insanely easy.