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Originally Posted by gerryann
I guess this "learning experience" worked for you. Do you suppose all the children that viewed this also learned something from it.....if so, what? Hard to believe that you are comparing children dying to the slaughter of an animal.
If folks are disturbed by this action...as I am....why are you trying to justify it by comparing it to other deaths? How does ones caring about an animal being killed have anything to do with its worth? It's a living creature....people care. Maybe you don't, but other do. Don't tell others not to care.
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You misunderstand my post. Of course the death of this animal is disturbing. To me, the unnecessary death of any living thing is disturbing. It is one of the reasons I am always trying to eat lower on the food chain. But I would like someone to explain to me how the life of this beautiful giraffe is worth more than the life of a perfectly healthy cow or pig or chicken. A healthy animal was killed. His death was used to educate others, and his body was used to feed others. I think I would be a hypocrite if I was typing this while eating my porterhouse steak or my rack of baby back ribs. I realize that before I bought my food in the supermarket, it looked different than a nicely marbled piece of meat shrink wrapped in plastic. It too was a living creature. So, if you are upset at the killing of this beautiful creature, please share that indignation with the millions of other animals killed every hour. I spent years working for an organization that rescued chihuahuas. The death of every dog upsets me, but the fact that 3 million dogs and cats are killed each year upsets me more. I guess it was like Stalin said, "the death of one person is a tragedy! the death of millions of people is a statistic". Don't accuse me of not caring.....I just care for them all.