DerpiesFreud
Expert Member
like fish,puppies,cats,spiders etc?
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Is murdering animals illegal?
- Thread starter DerpiesFreud
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I don't know if its illegal. If not it should be. It is wrong to murder a living creature (not kill for meat or anything, but like murder as in drown in a bucket on purpose). I am talking about pets, not your average cockroach etc.
MyWorld
Executive Member
You cannot murder an animal, but you can kill it. According to law and the dictionary murder only applies to human beings.
There are no laws against killing animals either, AFAIK, but there are against animal cruelty. So it is up to the courts to decide on whether the killing was an act of cruelty or not.
Only laws against killing I can even remotely site are acts to protect endangered animals.
There are no laws against killing animals either, AFAIK, but there are against animal cruelty. So it is up to the courts to decide on whether the killing was an act of cruelty or not.
Only laws against killing I can even remotely site are acts to protect endangered animals.
DerpiesFreud
Expert Member
ok,so not illegal....immoral yes...but I can deal with that
Animal cruelty is bad...killing maybe,I`l eat the meat afterwards
and its not an endangered animal either
D3nz
Honorary Master
:erm: Nuke, when you say you're asian, I've always assumed you're Indian.
DerpiesFreud
Expert Member
I`m full asian,half indian and raised in limpopo
MyWorld
Executive Member
What animal are we talking about here?
The neighbours' cat?
The neighbours' cat?
Gozzy
Senior Member
If it's life threatening.. then I would kill it, like a snake for example
DerpiesFreud
Expert Member
perhaps....something along those lines
It could be....in which case I`d kill it without so much as a second thoughtIf it's life threatening.. then I would kill it, like a snake for example
Bona Botse
A little insight goes a long way
If it ain't human, ain't endangered and doesn't belong to anyone else then it's fair game. As long as it's killed humanely.
Anyone that consumes any byproduct of animal slaughter but makes emotional objections for animals like pets is only kidding themselves.
And before you think that you don't eat meat therefore save the kittens, where do you think your favourite leather pant comes from?
Anyone that consumes any byproduct of animal slaughter but makes emotional objections for animals like pets is only kidding themselves.
And before you think that you don't eat meat therefore save the kittens, where do you think your favourite leather pant comes from?
AFAIK, it can also be damage to property (especially if we are talking about the neighbour's cat)
AlmightyBender
Executive Member
So what is my sentence if I accidentally step on a spider in the garden? Do I hand myself in to any police station or is there a special unit?
As a follow up, what if I intentionally step on a spider, which turns out to be the neighbour's very expensive pet tarantula who escaped from his cage?
Bona Botse
A little insight goes a long way
No crime was committed here.
This is interesting. The neighbour should have taken better care of his expensive pet though.
Did you know it was your neighbours pet?
AlmightyBender
Executive Member
yes but if I can murder animals I would have a legal obligation to report all animal deaths to the police.Also will I be charged for using flee shampoo on my poor flee-ridden dogs?
Getting into the argument of what the reasonable person would have done. What if I did not know it is his spider (I say his, as I do not know any woman who will keep a spider as a pet), but I suspect it may be, as I have heard he keeps one?
What if the tarantula cannot actually hurt you, but you think it can? Did you need to kill it? What interest of yourself were you protecting when killing it?
D3nz
Honorary Master