On 02/03/2021 15:38, NY wrote:
"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 14:57:02 +0000, Jimmy Stewart
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I take it having sex with an animal is a no no then ? ......

You would think so eh, but that's exactly what we effectively do with
many live stock, especially those species no longer able to reproduce
on their own / naturally (because of how we have genetically mutilated
them).

I presume you're talking about artificial insemination. Isn't AI done to
avoid each farm having to keep (or have easy access to) a bull/ram, and
maybe to give genetic variation, rather than because species are unable
to breed naturally if they are allowed "access" to a bull/ram?

Going back a few hundred years, when most farms kept a male or each
species for breeding, I wonder if neighbouring farms shared/swapped
males to give greater genetic variation.

If keeping animals for food and other products became illegal, I wonder
what would happen to the animals that were still alive when the law was
introduced? Would they be killed so they didn't starve when their fields
were needed for additional crops? Would they be released into the wild
and allowed to breed at will, while still being kept out of crop fields.
I imagine if there was some advance notice of the law change, breeding
would stop and animals would gradually die out but not be replaced.

And what of pets (such as cats) that are obligate carnivores and need to
eat meat to survive.