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+title: "Why I don't help with Animal Care"
+started: 2026-05-18T07:00:00-07:00
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+All you have to do is imagine yourself in the animal's position and it clerly and immediately ceases to be okay. Being stuck in a pen, unable to roam for miles as you would in Nature. Being forced into sexual intercourse with strangers in order to prolong and spread the sex ring. Being fed scraps, processed food, and likely not many itemd that you would forage yourself if you were in your natural environment. Likely bored, only getting attention when it benefits the human(s) responsible for your "care".
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+So, below are some of the specific reasons regarding why I feel that "ranching", and somtimes even pet "ownership", is wrong and immoral.
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+1. I do not condone *slavery*.
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+> Unfortunately most people do not seem to see "having pets" or "owning animals" as slavery. We have been conditioned from very young ages to see other animal life as inferior. Christians are taught that **dominion** means ***domination***. We are taught that other species would not survive without us. That we are doing the world a favor by "taking care of" these "lesser" species and that we are good for doing so. Not to mention the fact that we somehow **need* their products, including their flesh, in order to survive or be healthy.
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+> Ideas exist such as animals needing humans to milk them otherwise their utters would get infected or somehow cause damage to the being, without recognizing that it's because the humans stole the babies that the issue occurs, or that humans bred the species to be like that in the first place. As with most things in today's society, folks do not seek the root cause of the issue, they simply analyze things at the surface level in order to justify their immoral behavior.
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+2. I do not help others ?ɗeflect? their responsibilities.
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+3. Helping care for the critters allows the animal "owner" to justify having more.
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+> By directly aiding in the care and maintenance of the non-human animals, it frees up time for the "owner". This allows them to consider whether they want to expand their operation. Whether it be more chickens for eggs, goats for milk, dogs for ???, or whatever animal for whatever purpose.
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+4. The non-human animals are not truly getting their needs met.
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+> If I was to be put in charge for the amnimals, given any responsibility for them at all, then I would feel charged to take full responsibility and liberate them. If I am to be their caretaker, and I am tasked with aiding them in some way, then I will fulfill my moral duty to get them to some sort of situation where they can exist as free as possible.
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+## Conclusion
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+So, what would my preference be, should all the non-human animals be let go into the wild? What s my solution? What should be done?
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+They should have never been bred to begin with. That would be my solution. The problem isn't that the animals would decimate Nature, or that there isn't enough space fpr them to all be free, it's that they were allowed to exist in such unnatural states to begin with. My solution is solving the root cause, so bnringing up the surface level issues and their solutions end up just feeling ignorant to the entire issue itself.
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+Stop considering slavery acceptable, stop the sex rings (breeding), and stop the exploitation. Then we can work on creating rescues and other operations to treat the beings with as much kindness as possible. But until minds are changed, and the breeding and trading stops, then more and more being will be spawned in order to fill people's bodies with poison and their pockets with currency.
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+## Sidenote to Inhumanity, Responsibility Shifting, Guilt Tripping, etc.
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+Whether you are vegan or not, and someone else is "making you feel respinsible" for a situation, such as saying that it is inhumane / immoral / etc of you to not help care for their animals, this is likely a form of deflecting, blame-shifting, projecting, or even gaslighting, and should be considered extremely toxic behavior.
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+Even if it's feeding their pet while they're at work, you are not respoinsible for their decisions, and while it may help the nonhuman animal in captivity, it allows the "owner" to get away with being irresponsible by putting that respionsibility onto you. If you do not feel comfortable with the situation, assert your boundary and work to void the social or physical contract.
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+If it causes strife in the friendship then it may not be a friendship which serves you to begin with. This is way easier said than done, so best of luck. it may be difficult initially but you'll likely be thanking yourself in the long run. Being a good steward is one thing, and being stuck in people-pleasing and codependent behavior is another.
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+> (I would go so far as to say that this also applies to humans as well, such as family or friends who are ill [usually of their own accord, but not always], and expect you to take care of them, possibly because they at some point cared for you. Guilt-tripping is toxic and you do not owe anyone anything, unless you have explicitly promised them such a thing.)
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+If you are caught in such a situation and feel you could use support, try looking into domestic and narcissistic abuse resources. Whether it be watchin videos, calling a hotline, or seeking a therapist, there is help out there to free yourself from harmful entities.
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+Thank you for caring for yourself enough to do so! :)