If people stop paying for dogs, they will stop breeding them to sell.
Also, I accept death as part of life, but I still look both ways before crossing the street. I’m not getting off this ride any sooner than I have to.
Comment on Anti-aging pill for senior dogs is now in clinical trials
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 4 months agoI’m pretty cynical, but this is a new level.
Accepting death as a part of life is in no way cynical, it´s logical.
My dog lives longer and shelters get more crowded?
Don´t think only of yourself, try to see the bigger picture. Not just your dogs will live longer, a lot of dogs will with that drug, resulting in less adoptions. Since commercial breeders are not going to “produce” less dogs just because of the new drug, there will obviously be a higher population of dogs. The number of people who want to adopt a dog will decrease while the number of dogs available will increase, this will necessarily result in more dogs who don´t find a home. It´s really quite obvious if you think about it.
darganon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Inui@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
The message I’m taking away is that we need to ban breeders. I was already on that boat, but I don’t know how that isn’t your takeaway instead of arguing for people’s pets to die sooner.
darganon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not all breeders are puppy mills, or producing brachycephalic breeds, but they are out there, and there’s other breeders putting longer noses on pugs and Frenchies.
Inui@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
It’s not really the main point of this thread but look up breeding racks and really think if those other breeders are any more ethical.
darganon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Artificial insemination is common with the breeders I am familiar with. Though I’m not sure breeding racks are necessarily animal abuse, dogs in heat are fucking horny.
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That is not what I meant. I argued against artificially increasing life expectancy, which does not equal arguing for decreasing natural life expectancy.