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- From: cam@milton.u.washington.edu (Cameron Ritchie)
- Subject: Re: How do rabbits play?
- Message-ID: <cam.722308312@milton>
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- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <22496@drutx.ATT.COM> <BxzIoE.3By@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov20.033103.12981@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:11:52 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
-
- >A great disservice to any animal is for a human to blame the
- >animal for dysfunctional behavior when in fact the behavior
- >is entirely within the parameters but the human observer lacks
- >the knowledge or experience to discern it as such.
-
- >In other words, if you've never seen how real rabbits play, in
- >the wild, then how would you know just what is their normal play pattern?
-
- >Could someone who lives in the wilderness among many rabbit warrens
- >please post their observations of happy rabbit families at play at sun-
- >down right after they have had their first foray for the evening siflay?
-
- >Rabbits have been with us for thousands of years. I'm sure _someone_ on
- >the net have seen real wild ones at play with abandon, and secretly
- >wonders why millions of dead ones are wrapped up and frozen for sale
- >all over supermarkets in Europe and even now in the USA, why millions
- >are immobilized and then their eyes sprayed with chemicals and the
- >result of the test is based on how much of their eyeball remain after
- >so many days or weeks (the Draize test), and why so many of them have
- >their fur shaven off and their skin plastered with new variations of
- >chemicals to check how much irritation it causes the skin. IMNSHO,
- >society must find a better way as soon as possible, or strive to
- >eliminate any need for such testing by eliminating any need for the
- >products completely.
-
- Michael - I don't quite understand how the last paragraph of your post
- has *anything* to do with the first part. In addition, I don't see
- why you feel it is appropriate to post an animal-rights sermon to a group
- on house pets. So, in the future, try and be more discriminating when
- deciding where to place your opinions....
-
- Thanks
-
- Cam
-
-