Should this polar bear be put out of it's misery and shot? A group of animal rights' activists seem to think so. I've been reading this story and beginning to wonder if some people just like having a moral debate for the hell of it.Do you think, in the cases of children being reared by wolves, that the wolves all sat around wondering if they should just rip the child's throat out and eat him for dinner to 'put him out of his misery' so that he wouldn't be dysfunctional when being integrated into human society? I think they just went with their instincts. Is it not the animal rights' activists who claim that humans and animals have equal rights? Humans are humans and animals are animals but sometimes they intertwine and become humanals. Is that not ok?
I for one think it would be a pure sin to shoot this polar bear. It is healthy and and it's upbringing is not necessarily going to cause it suffering in later life. I watched a man on TV rear bear cubs and human and bear interact magnificently together. If polar bear wants, it can come live with me.
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It sure is a cutie. Wonder what Gracie would think if we got a polar bear cub? Hee hee.
I think Gracie and the Polar bear would be great chums.
i dont think it should be killed, but i do understand the debate around it. edinburgh zoo admit that their polar bear has led an awful life of solitude after being bottle fed, and has been consistently ill as a result of it, but they cannot give it to another zoo cos everywhere's polar bear full. there was a similiar debate here in edinburgh over the bears future and unfortunatley too many people that know nothing about welfare voted that the bear should live...edinburgh zoo has said that when it eventually dies, they will not get any more polar bears. i dont think debtaes like this should be in the public forum, welfare & behaviour specialists should decide.
mikey x
I guess you right Mikey, when a debate like this comes to the public forum people's sentimentality can get in the way of what's right.Really, the bears' should never have been taken out of their natural environment in the first place.
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