A thoughtful post. The litmus test for me is whether I would feel the same
way about using human body parts. Here too, there is ambiguity. We recoiil
at the Nazi use of human skin for lampshades, but we feel differently about
salvaging useful parts for reuse if it can help save another's life
(although not everyone is keen to allow that for their own body). What's
the difference? Marissa speaks of honoiring the life and recognizing that
the animals have a spirit and an identity. Do they? Do we? How we answer
those questions has a major impact on how we live our lives.
Joel
At 09:42 PM 3/27/10 +0000, you wrote:
When it comes to road kill, and what happens to it, I've always had mixed
feelings. I know people who take it home to their freezers and then create
things out of it. In some ways I guess it could be considered "recycling"
and that the animal "lives" in the parts that are used. My conflict is
whether we honor the animal's life by using it in what we wear, or in art
work produced. Have we lost our sense of recognizing that the animals have
a spirit and an identity. Also, animal lives were lost because of the
transportation technology that is frequently used recklessly.
I also do know some people who remove road kill and lay these animals to
rest. I appreciate their thoughtfulness.
Marissa Richards
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