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Animal welfare group finds systemic neglect at public dog shelters in Romania
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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That's not true. Adoption implies no profit.
The only little sidenote is that people who pay for animals have an easier time getting rid of them if they get bored of them, which might slightly push people towards actually purchasing one.
Well, as long as people will collect the trash in front of your house regularly, even export/import it to and from elsewhere, you're gonna throw trash in front of your house.
Adopting is for feeling good and patting oneself on the shoulder. Mostly. One is still part of the circle of owning lesser lifeforms, just calling it "love" and feeling morally superior to those who want a "fresh" animal.
You're completely wrong.
I'm vegan and against all exploitation. I adopted my dog because his owners couldn't care for him anymore. He wasn't castrated because I considered that animal abuse. He is now though because of medical reasons but he never made pups. If he would have had some, they would have needed a home because humans made dogs into what they are now.
Adoption is morally good whatever you think.
You're free to think I'm totally wrong.
But if you are against exploitation, why do you submit a lifeforms to your will, own it, and also deny it its only biological purpose? Not saying that mutilating animal's genitals, just so they do what we want them do (or not), is morally great. It's not. But neither is taking it away from them.
I'm not even a vegan but could not do that AND feel good about it.
Also, there you have made my point. WE created a circle of suffering that will never end. Adoption isn't the solution.
What kind of gaslighter are you? I said he had to get castrated because of medical reasons.
I'm not even gonna continue.