I agree with many of your statements, I also do lots of animal rescue, mostly cats and nothing bothers me more than anything then someone who abuses and animal, and I do not mean neglect or because they do not know better, but out and out abuse, I worked as a teacher for over 14 years and in the USA if a teacher you are a Mandated Child abuse reporter, which means on the job or not, ,you do not tolerate abuse, even suspected and must report it. I once intervened with a group of boys that were verbally abusing an older man, and he was ready to hit them , and I had to intervene, to protect the boys and try to settle the situation. (Granted the boys were out and out BRATS...........but the man still could not go around hitting 8-9 year old children) I told the boys to leave and go find something else to do, and the man got really angry with me, like I was on their side, With animals though, they only have us as their voice. So many people turn their heads when it comes to fur babies, with the comment, It is only an animal, and animals are treated more like property to dispose of and treat as see fit.
This is why Pleo evokes so much emotion in people, ok, most people, because of it's size, it is like a baby, and babies are supposed to be protected, If Pleo was the size of a large dog, the response would not be as strong, but pleo is just the size of a baby and holding it in your arms, hearing them coo and look at you with those big eyes, their slow movements, all these mimic the feelings of helplessness in a little one. I understand the "sport" and what these people in this video did, thinking it was all in science's name, but there could have been other ways to do it. Have you seen the one where Pleo is put in a sports arena with a robot that "kills" it. that is the worst of the ones I have seen. Almost all members have seen these videos and It is good once in awhile to let the new members see these too , so we can discuss pleos "artificial" feelings, or emotions. Why else did Innvo Labs make the newer Pleo rb actually be able to mimic the Pain response , like a injured leg, so we could nurse them back to health like a real animal. RWM
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