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Expendable_Red_Shirt OP t1_je71j6a wrote

Reply to comment by Latirostris in Maryland Zoo mourns unexpected death of giraffe, Willow by Expendable_Red_Shirt

Would I eat my pet? No. But that’s a ridiculous question. I don’t eat any animals of that class. Also these people aren’t eating the giraffe themselves. They’re feeding it to another animal.

Would I object to my pets corpse being fed to a lion? Of course not. That’d be absurd.

Also these aren’t pets.

And of course this didn’t happen. I’m just pointing out it’s no more morbid than anything in nature or anything the lion keepers do daily.

Edit I’ll point out many people are signing up to have their bodies turned into composte for trees and such: literally becoming food for plants. This seems to be a you problem.

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hamburgermenality t1_je7785j wrote

Personally I think I could be a cannibal if I had too without too much cognitive dissonance, but I’m fairly sure I’m an outlier.

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Latirostris t1_je733qd wrote

And that's your opinion. Others, like me feel it is exceedingly morbid and extremely unfeeling to the people who are mourning the loss of this animal.

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Slime__queen t1_je773x4 wrote

It’s weird to argue this much over something that’s definitely not gonna happen, but also, a lot of people find the idea of a body fulfilling some kind of natural purpose or becoming part of a cycle very consoling and meaningful. No need to be so horrified at the mere suggestion some people might see mourning and death differently than you

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Expendable_Red_Shirt OP t1_je77idl wrote

I just don't understand how this is "exceedingly morbid" but eating animals you raised and cared for isn't. Seems pretty much the same except for people choose to eat meat while the lions have to. If anything what the farmers are doing is far more morbid.

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