Why do some people criticize those who oppose, say, the Toro de la
Vega, arguing that there are animals that suffer much more throughout
their lives?
In this they are quite right: the treatment of pigs in cages where
they can barely move, or the treatment of dogs in Asia, etc can not be compared with the treatment given to the bulls.
But there are several errors of judgment here, the most important being ...
how do these critics know that people who are concerned with the
Toro de la Vega is not also concerned with the welfare of other animals? And with that way of seeing things, one should not help a poor Spaniard anymore, just because there are poors in much worse conditions in Somalia
The truly sensitive people seek to end all kinds of harm to animals,
never mind whether the damage is little, or too much, and regardless of
the numbers either.
One acts to end animal suffering in all its forms, in all times and in all places and that's it.
Let's see if they end with that mantra once !!!
Original post: http://galaxio.blogspot.com/2015/07/defender-los-animales.html
If
I could vote today in Spain, I would vote PACMA.
It is more important
for this country, morally speaking, to stop hanging 30,000 greyhounds every
year, to stop organizing "traditional fiestas" where teens kill calves in
front of children and drunken parents, to stop spearing
bulls, to stop throwing goats from bell towers, to stop tormenting donkeys... and the
long list of cruelty to animals for which Spain is sadly notorious. It is more important that than ending economic corruption - even considering that the issue of corruption is really screwed here.
I
think you can hit deeper in the Spanish group mind ending the
mistreatment of animals than jailing 400 corrupts that sooner
or later will receive what they deserve, anyway.
Logically, if both things happen, well ... how wonderful! But if I were forced to choose, I'd rather start with the deep healing of the spirit, because the economic corruption is only a superficial manifestation of a deeper corruption: the corruption of the relationship with nature.
And that healing begins exactly like this: preventing cruelty, extending compassion.
