Even that’s still a very different scenario. Survival for you/your family, vs intentionally dooming a defenseless, sick pet to a slow, painful death (or laughing about it, in your case). That’s not a Western stereotype, that’s basic human compassion and empathy.
In your first example, euthanasia is far better than “tossing a sick pet in the trash”. Obviously. Anywhere in the world, no matter the poverty level, there’s cheap, quick, humane ways of ending an animals life. And yes, I would do it personally, if I had to. Intentionally choosing suffering over a quick end is wrong.
Makes sense in that environment. If someone doesn’t have at least one grandparent that endured some shit then their family lived a very fortunate life. Or more likely didn’t pass down stories of just how bad things got.
I asked because my parents are like “pets that get sick should just get tossed into the trash so they don’t infect us” lol
That’s horrible.
They grew up in poverty and dealt with famines in a post-WW2 war-torn nation.
“Not taking to the vet” and “tossing in the trash” are miles apart.
I mean for perspective… people in my grandma’s generation would just eat the cat before they got too old.
Kinda like livestock… with a dual purpose of pest control…
And before westerners starts sterotyping… reminder again that this is a war-torn country devastated by japanese imperialism and famines were common.
Even that’s still a very different scenario. Survival for you/your family, vs intentionally dooming a defenseless, sick pet to a slow, painful death (or laughing about it, in your case). That’s not a Western stereotype, that’s basic human compassion and empathy.
In your first example, euthanasia is far better than “tossing a sick pet in the trash”. Obviously. Anywhere in the world, no matter the poverty level, there’s cheap, quick, humane ways of ending an animals life. And yes, I would do it personally, if I had to. Intentionally choosing suffering over a quick end is wrong.
Makes sense in that environment. If someone doesn’t have at least one grandparent that endured some shit then their family lived a very fortunate life. Or more likely didn’t pass down stories of just how bad things got.