Baby rhino refuses to sleep alone after its mother brutally killed

So sad

[video="youtube;Z9rQFRfeq04"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rQFRfeq04[/video]

It makes me so angry when the noble animal races like lion, tiger, elephant, rhino and whale are killed like this. It's so meaningless. In fact, I would be very much in favour of introducing some kind of felony offence for murder of any of the superior animal races.

Often these beautiful creatures are slaughtered by revolting human specimens who would have no chance whatsoever if they didn't have a high-powered rifle and hunt attendants to drive the animal into a kill zone. Grrrr

It makes me so angry when the noble animal races like lion, tiger, elephant, rhino and whale are killed like this. It's so meaningless. In fact, I would be very much in favour of introducing some kind of felony offence for murder of any of the superior animal races.

Poor rhino

(Ugh that blond fatty makes me sooo mad, does he really think that posing with a dead lion makes him look masculine, piece of ****.

Indeed. It was so moving in the video said that when they found him next to his mother's body he was crying inconsolably and wouldn't be moved from her Poor little thing.



Completely agree. It unnatural and offensive to see that disgusting slob celebrating his "triumph". Also note how similar his wife looks to him; what a couple of inbred douchenozzles

The only consolation is that this video and his rescue proves that we humans are capable of empathy for non-human creatures, capable of acting selflessly and with respect for them. We are not all like that murderer

Right, the "noble" animal races. They only count because you think they're of aesthetic value to you.

Right, the "noble" animal races. They only count because you think they're of aesthetic value to you.

Actually, the animals I mentioned (and the list is by no means exhaustive) are ones that experience complex cognition and emotional states. Elephants, for example, have a highly developed social and family structure, and mourn their dead.

I'm not ashamed to say (nor is it illogical) that I value the lives of such creatures over cockroaches or jellyfish

This upsets me and makes me very angry

Actually, the animals I mentioned (and the list is by no means exhaustive) are ones that experience complex cognition and emotional states. Elephants, for example, have a highly developed social and family structure, and mourn their dead.

I'm not ashamed to say (nor is it illogical) that I value the lives of such creatures over cockroaches or jellyfish

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Okay, fair enough. Do you stand by this sort of reasoning with pigs, for instance?

What is the exact criteria? At this point I am not trying to be confrontational, just trying to understand, as you've obviously demonstrated you've thought more about this than I assumed.

Pigs are probably more intelligent than all those except the elephant, so obviously that's just an excuse you're using

Pigs aren't an endangered species, and I do not think they demonstrate the same complex social and family structures as elephants and cetaceans have. However I personally have strongly considered whether I should cease consuming pork as I have ceased consuming octopus.

As for "excuse"; what on earth does that mean? Excuse for what? Are you saying we should kill more elephants, lions, rhinos and whales?

Being endangered has no bearing on individual suffering.

Also, the cognitive abilities of octopii are very specialist- they certainly are not on the same level as pigs regarding socialand emotional complexity.

No, I'm saying you value these "noble" creatures for purely aesthetic reasons, but are claiming it's because of intelligence.

It does have a bearing on how urgently we should consider and adopt measures to protect them.

I also oppose factory farming and the causing of any suffering to pigs during the killing process.



That is a very anthropocentric view. Increasingly scientists are rating the octopuses intelligence more highly and attempting to understand it in the context of their evolution, not just from the perspective of ours. Realisticaly speaking, you cannot have any real idea what octopuses experience or feel. What we do know if that they are much more intelligent than previously understood and they possess many characteristics like higher problem-solving skills and high brain to body mass ratio which we know are associated with intelligence



You are mistaken. My views on porcine rights are still developing; that has no logical bearing on the question of the necessity and justification for protecting the animals I mentioned. There is also an obvious distinction in considering the rights of creatures that are part of highly vulnerable, pre-existing populations whose extinction is threatened by human action (like elephants and whales) as opposed to a species like the domestic pig who would not even exist without human farming.