Will animals ever be totally liberated?

Question

This is a very serious question and I would like to receive some well thought out responses. Do you really think, and be totally honest, do you really think animals will be totally liberated.

If so, do you think it will be by the year 2050, do you think that is even possible or no?

I have a dream and that dream is to live long enough to see animals totally liberated.

rome, animals are not stupid. They are sentient beings with feelings just like anyone else. I have reported you.

Answer 1

ANIMALS ARE NOT OUR SLAVES .

WE ABSOLUTLY HAVE TO LET THEM IN PEACE .

NATURE IS NOT HUMANE .

NATURE IS FREE .

HUMANITY DONT RESPECT THE NATURE .

AND BY THIS WAY , WE'RE DESTROYING OURSELVES .

Answer 2

The history of animal evolution and human evolution is so intertwined that I'm not sure they'll ever be separate. Even if they could be, would you want it? Domestic animals are a product of selective breeding by humans. In addition to meat-for food animals, we also have domesticated pets that many of us adore, treasure, and love because they were bred to have certain traits. As a result they are in large part reliant on our continued support of food, shelter, and protection. I'm vegan, and let me tell you, I'd love nothing more than to see cattle-free cattle pens, but even by 2050, I don't think we'll see a meat-consuming-free-world. Too many people seem too resistant to the idea of diets based on plant-proteins for the prospect of a veggie-world to happen soon. The way I see it is that every vegetarian or vegan is making steps in the right direction. Eventually it will become a greater necessity as resources become scarce. Until then, people will continue to be slow to make change.

Answer 3

It is definitely possible but very unlikely by 2050. With the increase in genetics we are already able to grow meat like plants using stem cells and such. Although we will probably not see this in our lifetime it will cut down on disease, hunger, obesity and other issues. This is how the will provide meat\food on long space journeys and feed the world when we burn up our sky with pollution. Good for you for having a dream. Most people don't even have that.

Answer 4

By what do you mean liberated? A Zebra no longer being the lunch of the Lion perhaps.

Or the Fly likewise the Spider.

Animals will never be liberated in any form if there are still other animals to prey on them - and yes that does include humans.

Why do you keep mentioning 2050? what is going to happen?

Perhaps our planet is doomed from a global catastrophy and you want to get your way in first, I doubt it will ever happen, your way that is - the global event is almost inevitable.

Mind you, 2050 would make you about 62 wouldn't it, is that your projected life expectancy as a juicarian/vegan et al?

I don't give much for your chances.

Have you ever noticed how the majority of dreams just fade away when you awake - its only the nightmares that you remember.

Sweet dreams.

Answer 5

We are meant to eat meat. I don't justify cruelty to animals, but which would you consider more humane;
A spear through the side and being left to bleed to death, or a bolt through the side of the head for instant death?
You look at animals in the wild. They go and kill for food. Killing for fun is wrong, I agree that big game hunters should be let free in the city with no guns and have hunters shoot them, see how much of a game it is, but we are designed to eat meat.
My answer is that whilst humans crave meat, there will always be a need for the animals to die. You cannot ask a Lion to eat berries. It is natural selection.

Answer 6

the only thing I've ever seen come close to this, let's be honest and call it a dream, is a pamphlet i got from a Jehovah's whiteness.

it showed a garden in front of a white home with children playing with bears and lions, etc.

WHAT!?

how would a lion live if it couldn't eat the child? shouldn't the bear be hunting? the bear is not a farmer...

according to the pamphlet, God makes all this possible. If that were true, he might have said so in the first place...

besides all that, animals would have to earn the right to vote first, then deal with social inequities for decades.

just ask any minority group.

fix man first...

good luck with your thoughts, though. please realize you wouldn't be alive without mans "exploitation of animals throughout history, today, and tomorrow...

...when you drink your milk, wear your clothes, and take your medicine.

Answer 7

I know I have the same dream. Sadly, I don't think it is going to happen. No matter how many people revolt against meat, there will still always be people that eat it. Maybe if someone actually gets it through everyone's head that its wrong (and kills all the non believers : ] ) it will happen someday. BUt, I strongly doubt it. Keep trying though!

Answer 8

It will have to be a slow process that takes many generations.

Because cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry have been bred to be totally dependant on man they can't just be let loose. In effect, the domesticated farm breeds would have to go extinct.

You also have to see beyond our little western world. While it might seem sensible, (if not immediatly feasible) to consider the phasing out of animal exploitation here in the west, the world is a massive place. There are millions of people in Africa for whom cattle are wealth and status and intricately embedded in their culture. Teeming millions of Asians rely on poultry and pork in their diet because tofu and Linda McCartney burgers are not available.

It will also take many generations of change to get people to share your ideals. You can see by the comments on this question that people are polarised.

Personally, I am a militant carnavore, I raise, kill and eat pigeons and chickens, and so I don't have the same "moral compass" as you. I see animal husbandry as a simple necessity. By keeping animals clean, healthy and well treated you get a better product and better profits.
But I can see a growing sentiment of empathy towards animals in the west, as well as a shift in the dietary habits. We eat much less beef than before. Is it because beef is more expensive or because we are more sensitive?

Answer 9

Personally, I don't think will ever happened.
If the human race all became vegetarians, and the animals were set free, there would still be problems.
We would compete with them for space and natural resources. We would be fighting off the herbivores for our food.
The only way animals would be "liberated" would be with the complete extinction of the human race.
As someone else said, we are essentially animals who need to eat, so there will always be a need for us to kill animals.
So to answer your question, I'm afraid you will not live to see animals Liberated on this planet.

You should join a group such as Edge that helps with saving the world's rarest animals from extinction.

Answer 10

Actually, those who are saying, "They will overrun us and eat all our food" are under informed. Note I am not spamming insults.

A HUGE majority of our land we use to grow crops are designated to feed animals meant for slaughter. If we didn't kill these animals, and started growing more fruits, veggies, nuts, and grains, then we would have enough room for our food AND the animals. If they begin to starve, then the sensible thing to do is spay/neuter a portion of their population. Then the population fixes itself naturally to fit the amount of food available.

Also, space wise, we seem to have enough land for them now. Why not afterwards?

Answer 11

All animal species kill to eat, whether it is plants or animals, it is how we are made. So killing is not the real issue, it is how they are treated when they are alive that is important. There is no way that the planet can support 6 billion (and rising) people just relying on nuts and seeds collected from the wild, so domestication and cultivation of those species used for food by humans is inevitable. So the question we should be addressing is how to produce our food causing the least distress to the species involved.