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Published: 2006-01-14 08:31:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 73125; Favourites: 7945; Downloads: 242
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Just so everyone knows, yes you may post this on your journals, website, etc.
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I so agree with you, and I'm glad that there are some people that care. But there isn't enough that actually tries to stop animal cruelty 
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Sending animals back into the wild has nothing to do with animal rights. It's more like animal-cruelty, since this is the same as finishing them off. Same for PETA's finish-all-pets-in-the-world-off plan. That's animal cruelty! Not animal rights!
PETA's animal rights are fail.
But normal animal rights are not.
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PETA is just getting crazier everyday. 'Nuff said.
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There's a difference between animal rights and animal welfare, I've gathered. Animal welfare is what you describe, taking better care of animals and pets, while animal rights is to ban having a pet completely, and returning the animals to the wild. That isn't what you want, is it? Sending domesticated animals out into the wild and woolly wasteland. The poor critters wouldn't stand much of a chance without their owners to keep them safe and happy.
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Animal rights is a load of bull shit.
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Good message but I think you mean animal welfare.
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Rights are a privilege.
You're thinking of anti-abuse, not rights.
And for outdoor cats; I let my cats outside all the time. They're happy out there. They're not sick, and none of them have been killed by larger animals. My cats spend about half of their day outside, and they're absolutely fine.
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You support animals being equal to humans?
Animal rights means no pets, meat, zoos, guide dog, so on. If animal rights happen we will have to treat animals just like humans. No pets or anything.
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I don't mean to embarrass you, but you DO realize that animal rights means giving animals the rights to marry, vote, etc. what you MEAN is animal welfare. animal welfare means to help abused animals. just want to give you a heads up.
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No. Animal rights means: Give every animal, human or not, the right to be free, without being property to someone else, the right to live and not be slaughtered simply for pleasure or luxury, not be dealt with like an object whose only value is the monetary gain a self-centered human will get from it.
But yes, this stamp's creator probably DID mean Animal Welfare.
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But i dont like the idea of a house cat, though we live in england so we dont have coyotes, but we all have roads..
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an angel crys when animals and people det abused
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i agree with u totaly =] love the stamp ^^ <3 but if u ask me because of what us humans have done to the world and its creatures i dont even think we diserve to be called animals =[ ..............i wish i could be an animal =3 i would sooo luv to be a wolf hehe ^^
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I agree. I got my dog from the Arizona Humane Society. His name is Chewy. He was abused. Chewy was not fed enough at his old home, and somebody kicked him and broke one of his ribs. Now he has a good home. He's a small dog, so we keep him indoors. He only goes outside to use the bathroom or to talk to the nieghbor's dog. I love animals
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I don't support Animal Rights. But i support Animal Welfare.
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Imagine for a moment that you are a cat. You've been living in the same house for nearly two years. You have explored every nook and cranny that this house has to offer three times already. Your owners completely believe that if you go outside, you will die before you hit three years of age, so you're forced to stay inside, doing nothing but eating, sleeping, and sitting in the window wishing your little furry paws off that they'd just let you outside once.
Would you really rather live to be fourteen, cooped up against your will in the home that has effectively become your prison? Or take the chance that you might die sooner knowing the sweet, sweet taste of freedom?
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, it was just the most effective way I could think to portray my point at the moment. Otherwise, I basically agree with you. Though, I think of it less as "animal rights," which implies that they have legal rights to things, and more as a moral obligation on the part of humans to treat the creatures we preside over with dignity and respect.
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Do you know the difference between animal rights and animal cruelty?
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I do not support Animal Rights. I support Animal Welfare.
Non-Human Animals do not need the same set of rights as a human, which is what the Animal Rights Movement is primarily about. They are not humans and therefore have their own set of natural rules that dictate their actions. They should be sparred needless suffering and so such of course, but they are unable to be able to adhere to the human thought process and share this view.
They do not care how much someone they do not know suffers, they do not care about respecting a stranger's property, and they do not care about how many animals around the world die as long as it isn't their own. Animals are not wired to think about such things. Their world is based around survival and thriving.
And whilst the same could be said of our species in certain situations, we are gifted with the ability to break out of the system and actually give a shit about these matters. It will take time for this to happen for everyone of us as much as it needs to, but following the way we progress, this is inevitably going to happen. Especially as we approach becoming a Spacefaring species and start to conquer new worlds. I have a strong feeling that will be when our race as a whole can truly appreciate how rare and special any form of life is, and it will be when we really start to hold what we have back home as a treasure.
So to conclude, it is our own burden to treat the non-humans of our planet well, because we can rarely expect them to really return the favour. It is our sole responsibility, and to ask other animals to do the same for us without training them to is a fool's request. We should respect the way society amongst all animals work and not expect them to adhere to our own. Even our pets have a different thought process to us, and they too should not be made to live a humans life.
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"Same rights as a human"? That's NOT what Animal Rights is about. It's about allowing them to not be the property of humans, allowing them to decide what they want to do in their lives, them not being subject to torture and murder out of convenience or luxury.
I agree that cats', ants', gorillas', flies', humans', pigs' or zebras' lives aren't the same. Their thoughts are not the same, their values are not the same.
But we, as humans, are out of balance. Because it's beneficial to us, we hide behind the "inferior" argument. We argue they are less intelligent. We argue they don't have "society" as we have. We argue they have no "culture". And that suddenly makes it "okay". Makes it "okay" that we cage thousands, no millions of animals into a space where an individual can hardly move. Makes it okay that we force pregnancy. Makes it okay that we practically rape them, mutilate their bodies, often without painkillers (not that it'd make much of a difference). Makes it somehow acceptable to take away their kids as soon as they're born, makes it "humane" to shove them, "guiding" them to the place where they'll be slaughtered. Makes it just a simple "nuisance" when they try to escape, makes us think: "Come on, just follow the orders, it'd be much simpler, you wouldn't feel anythingβ¦" We think we have a right to "domesticate" those animals, denying them their own, chosen lifestyle, maybe a partner, a few kids. We think they're "cute" when we force them into little sweaters and think they like it when we force them in front of crowds where we show off "our pets".
Wake up: We ARE already forcing them into a human mindset. Or none at all β we deny them every right. Only those who are "cute" or "useful" or "beautiful" deserve to be, but then, too, it can only be to our rules, playing OUR game. Just because they don't break free, doesn't mean they are happy. Every now and then it does happen β humans get killed β and we are all shocked and angered at those "monsters"β¦ And yet we don't realise that WE are the true monsters who just fail to see how what we are doing affects millions of lives.
A few things for the end:
Animal, for me, includes humans. I am as much against human exploitation as against the exploitation of other animals.
Also, I realise that a perfect world will never exist. Murder happens, even though it's generally accepted to be a crime. But there can be a state in which there is a balance. And that is where I'm getting at.
There will always be a certain rivalry. We must protect ourselves, that's for sure. But we don't have to make them our slaves β it's disgusting, perverted and sick. Not to mention that to them, it's their everything that's lost. They never had it. Food is not everything. Many captured individuals in zoos go mad. Animals need freedom. Movement is one of their key needs, as is a life in their natural environment. "Animal Welfare" is a fake word. It only makes ourselves feel better.
So, please: Reconsider your thoughts.
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Oh, go on, use it 
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Thank you. You're very kind. I send you the link where I used it in a note and I also gave you credit.
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awwww i HAVE to use!
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Havent you considered that it's OUR fault that animals cant live on their own? Or that overpopulation is a HUMAN ILLUSION created by US to keep the human race thriving?
I mean I agree with you 99%
but havent u thought of THAT?
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I love this stamp, thanks for making it. Although I have to say that having an outdoor cat isn't animal cruelty. God made animals to be outside, as far as other animals eating them...that's part of the circle of life.
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You should check out Best Friends animal Society. I want to work there. It's the biggest no-kill sanctuary in the US and it's pretty awesome, I've been there a few times. [link]
But, I wouldn't consider letting cats outside animal cruelty. Some cats go crazy if they can't get outside, and eventually if they get out the haven't had any experience so they go even quicker. Plus, I had an outdoor cat that lived 11 years mostly outside, last year he died of a sickness.
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Sadly, most of the people who are using this stamp probably have no idea what animal rights means.
I caution people to educate themselves before faving a stamp like this and making themselves look like a retard.
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Ever thought about those animals that people are not supporting the rights of? if you did than join
stop-abusing-animals
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Oh wait....I don't support animal rights, support animal welfare.
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It sounds like you're talking about animal welfare, not animal rights.
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This is the best animal stamp ever. No wonder it has so many favs!
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Animal rights are the same rights as humans.
Animal welfare is what this person is talking about.
animal welfare is different from animal rights- animal rights include the right to marry, the right to vote etc. Which animals can't actually do.
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Oh, yeah, i totally agree about it, animal needs life like humans do!
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The right for animals to live
Some sadists like to kill them and they don't have many rights in the hypocrite laws of most countries
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Not true at all
What you are talking about is animal welfare.
Animal rights means that animals should have the same rights as humans, like to drive, vote, etc... And animals would never be hunted for food, materials, etc. Not even pets!
While animal welfare means that animals could be owned as pets, be eaten for food, and treated as humanely as possible.
Please check your facts before you argue :]
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But animal rights does obviously not mean they should vote, drive etc, since an animal cannot do that.
With animal rights people obviously mean rights similar to human babies. The right to live, to be treated with respect and not treated like a product.
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Wrong again. Type in "animal rights" in wikipedia. It means animals should have rights equal to people i.e can vote, go to school, etc. What you are talking about, like I said, is animal welfare. Animal rights were created by the idiots at PETA.
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By the way... you CAN keep animals as pets, but the reason why people are against that is because of the people who treat their animals horrible, see them as a toy or souvenir for their children or lock them up in a cage for their whole life.
My rabbits for example have the whole garden, a VERY big garden to walk around. They aren't locked in cages, they can run around free. Just like my chicken. Their life and space is just as good as in the wild nature, except that no animals like foxes can get to them. So they even have it better than wild animals, since there is also always food availible.
As for dogs and cats...
I don't see my dog as my "property" but I treat her like one of my children. Her health comes before my own and I would give up everything, even my job/study etc if it is about her health or that of my other babies. She does not have a boring life, sitting and waiting for someone to let her out, she can go and stand wherever she wants, including the garden, and she gets a looooot of love and care from all of us and we even take her out waaaay to the most large forest in the country. She is one of the mosy happy dogs on the planet.
And what I'm saying is that I am not the only one who treats her pets this way. They aren't my property. Just like children, they are my responsibility.
What animal-activists are against are pets locked up like prisoners their entire life like this: [link] dogs waiting for the 5-minute walk every day and that people see their pets as a product like... "if he dies, I'll just buy a new one".
But no one can deny that my pets have a better life than wild animals. People who don't want to take the responsibility should not even be allowed to have a pet, nor a child.
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I never said that you couldn't keep animals as pets. I'm saying that animal rights would not allow people to own pets. Animal welfare, on the other hand would allow animals to be used as meat, owned as pets, and used as humanely as possible.
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The reason why people prefer animal rights is because "animal welfare" still allows people to use animals as PRODUCTS. You know... mass-breeding them and use them as TEST OBJECTS for example.
It is in fact no better than the people in the past who used to test their shit on black people and slaves.
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I agree that people shouldn't use animals as test products, it's horrible. However, I still see animal rights as wrong.
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