[FEL-L] Question for all (followup question)

[ben willis]

> Since you put it in such a profound and
> cast-in-stone manner, doesn't castration/vasectomy
> or ovariohysterectomy fall under the same
> "mutilation solely for human reasoning" concept?

The word was "mutating" an animal, which means 
subjecting to physical change. To "mutilate" is to
maim, to deprive of an essential part or otherwise
damage.

There's also the matter of human reasoning versus
human reasons. Two separate arguments either way.




>    
>   And with due deference to Dr. Antle's followup....
> the AVA has recommended many things that were later
> found to be counterproductive to animal care, just
> like the FDA or any other organization with a vested
> interest in something. I could bring up lots of AVA
> publications from the past that say DDT is not
> harmful to animals or livestock, but.... *shrugs*
> you do the math. Any individual or group is
> inherenly fallible so one must trust one's own
> knowledge and logic before the advice of others.
> 
>   Tim Fuller
>   
> Great Cats <greatcats at comcast.net> wrote:
>           It's still mutating an animal for human
> reasoning.
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