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ProudMNDemocrat

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6. To some, animals have NO souls.

Reply to DENVERPOPS (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 23, 2023, 07:19 AM

Dec 2023

It's the SOUL that separates humans from animals.

When you look into the eyes of a cat, dog, horse, etc., you look into their SOULS. They SEE you.That is when they seal the bond with uou. They add something to our lives in unique ways, that we mourn them when we have to let them go, lest they suffer.

Letting humans go in a dignified manner when there is no chance of recovery, is also proper. My brother was literally brain dead. He had no positive prognosis. He was taken off life support and lasted 15 minutes. His suffering was over.

Letting animals suffer is inhumane as is letting humans suffer.

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This! BigOleDummy Dec 2023 #1

I have never uderstood how people are called cruel for not "putting a pet down" when it is suffering... C Moon Dec 2023 #2

Right? ShazzieB Dec 2023 #4

I just had to put down DENVERPOPS Dec 2023 #5

To some, animals have NO souls. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2023 #6

The right to a dignified death. calimary Dec 2023 #3

But think of the nursing homes and hospitals that will go broke! getagrip_already Dec 2023 #7