tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post273338293518509933..comments2023-10-24T15:04:58.358-07:00Comments on Captive Animal Logic: The Wildcat Sanctuary: Crazily Hypocritical and Dense Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719251517587569861noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post-14239993491573406572017-10-29T14:53:07.866-07:002017-10-29T14:53:07.866-07:00Hello, I've nominated you for the Blogger Reco...Hello, I've nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award 2017 and I've tagged you in my most recent post on my page to explain what it is and how to accept (http://katie-lois.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/blogger-recognition-award.html). I love your blog and hope you like mine too XKatie Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05359504295205099219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post-14218857689731100162015-07-06T18:26:19.810-07:002015-07-06T18:26:19.810-07:00That's good to hear. I too would like doing so...That's good to hear. I too would like doing some rescue work alongside my life choice of buying certain animals. The 'R' word is utilized way too often to manipulate people and extort their money. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719251517587569861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post-87284709460133443782015-07-06T02:34:27.874-07:002015-07-06T02:34:27.874-07:00I have wondered if many sanctuary/rescue owners ar...I have wondered if many sanctuary/rescue owners are so blatantly anti-pet because they only see the bad stories. Say if a particular animal species is abused and neglected 5-10% of the time (in many, especially domestic animals, I'm sure it's more), then those few percent is going to be 90-95% of what the sanctuary owner sees, because it's what they do!<br /><br />So they are going to sell to the public (intentionally or not; here it is DEFINITELY intentional deceit) that ALL or nearly all animals are being abused and abandoned by their owners.<br /><br />Also, an awful lot of sanctuary owners and people campaigning against pet ownership seem to be failed pet owners themselves, as you point out at the very end. They think "Well, if *I* couldn't do it, then obviously no one else can! And no one else should be allowed to have these animals, except me!"<br /><br />I think I know what I'm talking about, because I've been like this with parrots. Got a cockatoo at the age of fifteen, failed miserably, and rehomed him four years later. Realized that large parrots make bad pets... so then I went really anti-pet on parrots for several years. I still think the present aviculture is FAR from perfect (commercial hand-feeding, wing clipping young birds and putting them in small cages, irresponsible breeders, etc.), but I've become far more "allergic" to opinions with an animal rights-scent in the last couple of years, since I went pro-exotics and have been through all this SeaWorld/Blackfish bullshit.<br /><br />So while my dream since I was in my late teens have been to have a parrot sanctuary, and it is definitely still my goal, I will NOT be one of these "holier than thou", ideological, lying assholes that so many scamtuaries seem to be. Buying animals not in need, lying about where they're from, and then weeping crocodile tears to the public about their poor, abused animals so they will pay for what is essentially your pets. All the while pushing for bans so that no one *but them* will be able to have those animals. That is what BCR and WCS are doing, and I'm sure, MANY more.OrcinusOceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298271276169987766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post-56936238564472941742015-06-08T21:15:42.118-07:002015-06-08T21:15:42.118-07:00Speaking of logical fallacies, my critics often tr...Speaking of logical fallacies, my critics often try and use the ol' 'poison the well' technique against me, as though discrediting me as an 'animal exploiter' somehow invalidates my arguments. So very often the self-righteous animal rights followers feel that if they have the most moral ideology, the veracity of what they do and say is not relevant, and that's very sad. No, I do not breed or deal, I am just a pet owner like millions of others. The DNA of some of the species I own might not be acceptable to some. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719251517587569861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739199075452821489.post-59518047909320362902015-06-08T19:51:09.281-07:002015-06-08T19:51:09.281-07:00Are you an exotic animal breeder or dealer? Full d...Are you an exotic animal breeder or dealer? Full disclosure would be nice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049195006362906289noreply@blogger.com