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Do you think reptile live feeding is animal abuse? (lemmy.world)
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I've stumbled across videos on YouTube that show snake owners feeding them a live rate or rabbit or whatever. Some people in the comments say well that's just nature, others say it's animal abuse. What do you think?

On reddit I saw a snake owner saying what they normally do is kill the prey beforehand with a CO2 chamber and freeze it, and that there's no reason to feed live. Like the snakes don't need it. If that's true I guess it's needless suffering then. Weird that these videos are so available on YouTube then.

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[-] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's animal abuse. In the wild the snake hunts and the prey has a chance to escape. The prey animal has 0 (or very close to 0) chance of escape in a tank with a reptile. It's just cruel and unnecessary.

I'd draw the line for anything not an insect personally. Insects I'm pretty sure don't have enough brain to be terrorised.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Insects avoid pain which would imply some level of sentience. Many live in hive environments and have methods of communication.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Do fish feel?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Your personal lines are weird.

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