A diver has died after an attack by a suspected 4.5-meter shark near Michaelmas Island. It is the third fatal shark attack in Australia in three weeks.
A diver has died after an attack by a suspected 4.5-meter shark near Michaelmas Island. It is the third fatal shark attack in Australia in three weeks.
1st. I’m an omnivore. You are too. We are not hevibores. It’s a survival trait. Rats, bears, and a few other animals are too. There is the question of choice, of course. I choose to remain what evolution has made me. That said, I try to eat as much free range meat/fish (I’m still trying to figure out the problem of aquaculture vs intensive and destructive fishing) as I possibly can.
2nd. Animals are part of a freeding chain, except for a few, like us, Orcas, etc. who are apex predators.
3rd. I don’t hunt anymore, but I still fish. I feel better if the animal, my adversary, is in somewhat even terms. Call it some twisted atavic logic, but to me it makes it ethically acceptable.
BTW, I do get a pleasure from winning that fight, but I don’t derive pleasure from the death itself.
Also, if minimizing the agony means that the animal has no chance, I know what I’d choose, having a chance.
But that’s just me. However, just as I respect the choice of vegetarians and vegans, I do not acknowledge the rights of others judging me for being what evolution has made me. I do, however , try to be a “better” animal eater.