BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoCow sleeping in someone's lap.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageCow sleeping in someone's lap.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareUraniumBlazer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoAnimals (cows in this case) feel pain, fear, grief and so on. Plants don’t. We can survive just fine without murdering millions of sentient animals. Killing dogs and eating their meat is animal abuse. Doing the same to cows isn’t. Quite hypocritical if you ask me.
minus-squareUraniumBlazer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoAre they sentient? The above qualities describe sentience to a certain degree. Do plants feel grief? Do they feel fear?
Animals (cows in this case) feel pain, fear, grief and so on. Plants don’t. We can survive just fine without murdering millions of sentient animals.
Killing dogs and eating their meat is animal abuse. Doing the same to cows isn’t. Quite hypocritical if you ask me.
plants can feel pain too
Are they sentient? The above qualities describe sentience to a certain degree. Do plants feel grief? Do they feel fear?