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Originally Posted by cookmo
I just have one little thing that I have to say. Toaster126's question was whether or not it was ethical to create these animals. So far, the general concensus seem's to be that it is o.k. as long as the animals can be of some USE. I could be wrong, but I always thaught that one of the basic rules of ethics/morality was never to USE something for personal gain.
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I don't see an ethical problem with using an animal to do tasks. The animal gets life, food, shelter, attention, and sometimes affection, and all it has to do in return is whatever task it is used for.
Some people use the point that animals would rather enjoy being left to their own devices, and I usually use a working dog as an example. Dogs are at their happiest when they are working with a pack\team\leader to accomplish things. I admit some animals don't seem to get pleasure out of doing tasks, but it seems that the more useful the animal, the more it likes doing useful shit.