Do you not think that this is because they are far more stoical than us and
do not *show* they are in pain? In a wild scenario, to show
pain/vulnerability would mean certain death from other members of the pack.
When my dog hurt his paw, he would hold it up in the air and wait for me to
come and 'heal' him, and then would run off happily with no sign of pain.
Such is the power of thought, which some would have us believe they don't
possess. It is the empathy of the human beholder not the animal which is
crucial here. Dee
-------Original Message-------
From: Pat
Date: 30/05/2007 01:22:55
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Meat, Animals, Excessive Suffering
I know animals don't feel pain like humans do. The day after my son's lab
was spayed (total hysterectomy), she jumped off the back of the couch and
ran around. We couldn't make her be careful. I know rats are very
different from us. I had two who had surgery to remove mammary tumors. One
chewed through her stitches. You could see her liver and intestines when
the incision was gaping open. I took her back to the vet....he sewed her up
again. She chewed the stitches off again. He said just leave her open.
There she was with a humongous opening in her tummy and she acted perfectly
normal, ate well, and healed shut within a couple weeks. BTW, rats are
intelligent. When one fell off the chair, it struggled to get back up into
my lap. When they were loose on the couch when I cleaned their cage, I
could ask them if they wanted to go back to their cage and they'd come
running. If only they didn't have the instinct to chew things (computer
cords) and mark their
territory.
Pat
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