Why is it ok to kill some animals for sport, but not others like dogs?

Question

Serious answers only please !!!

I am a dog owner/lover. But can't seem to answer this!

Why is it ok to kill bulls after a bullfight, hunt innocent game in the wild like deers and such, but not dogs in a dogfight?

Just want to see what people think out there.

Answer 1

Would you want your dog to die in a dogfight?

Answer 2

We have domesticated and loved our dogs, for many centuries, and to me I don't like the idea of killing a bull or anything for sport. However, if the person will actually eat the meat then I find it okay which several people do. Fighting dogs in a dog fight, seems cruel pinning two dogs against one another and allowing them to fight til the death. Killing a bull is done in Mexico there is no bullfighting in the U.S. that I am aware of because that's inhumane. It's okay for some cultures to kill and eat dogs, cats and so on. By the way you may want to rephrase and call it deer, there is no such thing as deers. If a dog appears to be wild, then I think that it should be killed. My grandmother one time almost got attacked by what's called a coy dog, this dog was wild and starving maybe even rabid and started coming through the screen door after her. She shut the door, and called my dad he had no choice but to shoot it in the head. We had never seen this dog before. So for sport, no for meat I see no problem.

Answer 3

Well for one thing "dogs" are not a natural animal. They were breed from wolves over thousands of years to be very loyal to humans.

If you read about this you will hear countless stories about how dogs died for their owners. Portuguese water dog's often died while attempting to save their owners.

Hunting game is bit different from fighting animals for sport. For one think about killing somebody in the electric chair or watching them fight as a gladiator. The result is ultimately the same; a prisoner dies. However as humans we understand that there are "wrong" ways to die.

I hunted for food as a child.

I cannot see comparing shooting an unsuspecting animal in the head as the same thing as conditioning it for years and then making a "game" out of it's death that takes several hours.

Admittedly both animals are just as dead, but I would rather be shot by a sniper than to be fought to the death in an arena.

As for bullfights.

I think they are a very primative practice. Which should if for no other reason be stopped because it makes the Spaniards & the Mexicans look like savages to many people groups.

Answer 4

They eat the bulls after the bullfight. Good hunters kill quickly with as little suffering as possible (high power rounds with some good glass) and will usually prep the kill for food and sometimes for trophies (seriously, would you eat antlers or a head?). Notice that the killing is done by humans with some use other than entertainment for the animal killed.

When people make two of the same animals fight it is percieved as cruel. And what becomes of the loser? Is it eaten? Is it used for something other than bloodsport? It's wasted on violence, to fulfill a bloodlust. Granted, bullfights do involve plenty of suffering, but at least the animal is put to use for something other than being killed for entertainment.

There is also the differential value placed on other animal life. Dogs have been bred as companion animals to humans...pets. Bulls are livestock and at best working animals. Think about how easily people will "put down" a working animal when it is too injured to be of use (race horses). But pets are usually given expensive medical treatment before deciding to put them down. Wild animals are just a percieved as just a resource to be managed. Of course this somewhat falls apart when you consider cock-fights. This too is considered a repugnant bloodsport but roosters are not pets.

This too is why those "mixed-martial arts" things are stupid. They glorify violence not matial skill. If you want to see skilled fighters watch Tae Kwon Do, not "mixed-martial arts." That crap is for people that want to watch someone beat the hell out of someone else. Wrestling entertainment has more skill than MMA.

Answer 5

Dogs,cats,etc. are considered pets. Wild animals are in the most part not considered the same. The culture in Spain of bullfighting is a way of life much like hunting is around the world.

To me in my simple minded opinion, ending a dogs life after its performance in a fight,which is illegal, can be the only thing the handler can do since many laws have been broken.

Answer 6

None are sports IMO. Both sides have to be aware that they are invovled in a game in order for it to be a sport.

Hiding in a bush and shooting an animal in the back when it walks by is hardly a sport.

And Bullfighting is barbaric and is being banned in more and more countries - particularly since the Bulls arent given a fighting chance.

But I guess the main difference is that dogs are domesticated as pets, and not seen as wild animals.

Answer 7

its not ok to kill bulls after a bullfight, this is a sick barbaric sport, and is slowly being banned (but not fast enough)
game is ok, because deer and elk and such have to be culled so they will not overpopulate and deplete their food supply...also the meat is eaten
and dogfighting is wrong, because the dogs don't want to fight, they are bred and trained for it and the dogs think they are serving their masters...this is purely for the enjoyment of man

Answer 8

It is the fighting part that is cruel. For example, a cockfight or a dogfight involves a long, painful death. Also, the fighting dogs are raised to be mean, and you raise a mean animal by treating him cruelly and not lovingly. Shooting a deer is more humane (assuming you are a good shot). They just die without the long painful experience. But yes, I guess you do have a point there.

Answer 9

Hunters have to be licensed and they try to kill animals humanely. Animals such as deer overpopulate and their numbers have to be thinned out or they will starve. Also many hunters hunt game for food, not just for sport.

Dog fighting is a brutal and cruel "sport". It is tied to gambling. The animals are forced to be vicious or they are killed. If a vicious animal gets away, it will attack and kill humans.

There is no comparison between the two activities.

Answer 10

It is cruelty for anyone to kill an animal they do not intend to eat. It is cruel, and if I had it my way whoever was caught doing this would go to jail...do not pass go do not collect 200 dollars! Dog fighting makes me sick to the stomache, and so does game sport hunting. The lord intended animals to help humans- food, shelter, companion whatever, not a trophy on our mantle.

Answer 11

I'm not in favor of bull fights as it has no other purpose than cruelty. Hunting, espcially for deer is not only for sport and food, but it helps to control the deer population, so that masses of them don't strip the available food and starve to death.