terryfossil 1
8 Answers
bustieone
Best answer!
How does that differ much from us getting Fido to roll over on command, or to fetch, etc. In the training, there must be appropriate methods of training, no hooks,etc. Whips are not inhumane, if used properly. Spurs, another story, many use them and they can be used too harshly. How about a horse bit, can that be used? I think the analogy of discipline of a child was given to show that some restraint, reprimand, etc. can be used which is not abusive. It too however, can be overdone. Our animals do not have the mental capacity to understand the systems of punishment which is counting, sit in the corner, time out, etc. which we more commonly use today with children. As to use of animals for our recreation and entertainment, would you agree to discontinue this altogether, and use computers for our entertainment instead. I would not like to go to a zoo without live animals, a farm which has no animals, or fewer, may have genetic altered animals to produce more with fewer animals, or none at all. Do you want your child to eat these foods cultured artificially? I also am in favor of development of medications and procedures using animals as research models. I want the products tested first, on species other than man. If we think about it, the Bible also says we are over all creatures, doesn't it? Science sure does!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
Colleen
melandrupert
| 11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
bulletman
Bob/PKB
I think the point of the whip is to quicken the horse's pace, not to abuse or harm him. It's done with quick flicks and I doubt there's any welts when all is said and done. If there WERE, though, I would cite the jockey, perhaps suspend him from a number of races.
As to children, once in a while a jolt to the backside may be all that is needed to get a child to discontinue an objectionable behavior. My grandson TOTALLY understands "no" quite well for being 16 months old, and a pat on his diaper buffered butt even better.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
mycatsmom
Yes, it's cruel to whip a horse.Sometimes, it gives them welts, adn breaks their skin open . There's a lot of abuse in horse racing. They tie the horse's tongue back and it sticks out the side of the mouth . They run the horse right before the race too hard, too long,too fast, too young, etc, and when the race starts, the horse has had it and his young, fragile leg breaks. You can actually hear it break if you're outside along the rails. Then, they euthanize the horse, b/c he becomes more of a liability than an asset. The owner doesn't care about horses.......he cares about money. They also give the horses the drug called Lasix. Someone told me it's for the bleeding in the horse's lungs. That is obviously from the horse being pushed beyond his endurance.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
The horse IS the money. No one who cares about money is going to allow ANY of that to happen.
sunnyB
I think it is cruel to hit any animal with a whip or stick, although I do know that when walking through a field of cattle ( as we often do in the UK) it's not a bad idea to have a long stick or walking stick. My Grandfather tought me this, he worked on a farm and would always carry a walking stick, he never ever hit an animal with it, but if the cattle became threatning he would just raise it and they would back off. It's just a case of showing them you are not afraid of them without being cruel. So i'm saying carry a stick or whip but never use it.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
nomdeplume
It's OK to use a whip on a child though because the Bible says so: 'Chasten thy son while there is hope and let not thy soul spare for his crying'. Proverbs 19 18:28
| 11 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
In face there are about 70 Biblical verses about child discipline: Proverbs 23:13-14, 22:15, 29:15,
13:24, and a beaut in Deuteronomy 21: 18-21
