On 5/17/2021 12:25 PM, % wrote:
On 2021-05-17 12:16 p.m., Snit wrote:
On May 17, 2021 at 11:33:29 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
:

On Sun, 16 May 2021 08:29:15 +0100, Snit
wrote:

Â* On May 15, 2021 at 10:03:45 AM MST, ""Commander Kinsey"" wrote
Â* :

Â* New UK law:

Â* "During a visit to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, the Environment
Secretary
Â* said that the Government would take a significant step forwards
on animal
Â* welfare by formally recognising animals as sentient beings
through a new
Â* Animal Sentience Bill that will be introduced to Parliament
tomorrow (13
Â* May), putting animal welfare at the very heart of government
policy decision
Â* making."

Â* If animals are to be recognised as sentient beings, shouldn't
that mean
Â* everyone must become vegetarian?

Â* If they are sentient, not really. If they are sapient, then yes.
That is
Â* assuming the legal terms mean what the dictionary definition says
and not
what
Â* the more commonly used definition is.

Ah, a legal term, as in what the word meant 50 billion years ago.Â* To
most
people "sentient" means they have feelings, not just they can react to
stimuli.Â* A plant can do that.

However, since the law is talking about preventing abuse of pets,
they must
be talking about the modern meaning.Â* If they declare all animals to
have the
status of not being abused, that should also include not being killed
for
food.

I am OK with raising animals for food, but think there should be
stronger laws
to protect them. The conditions of our food industry for the animals
-- and
the humans for that matter -- are horrible.


if its on my land i can shoot it

You certainly don't live in my city.