• SeahorseTreble@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    They don’t wish to die. This is very clear in their behaviour. They actively seek to avoid being killed, even though there’s no escape for them. Many animal psychologists and slaughterhouse workers can verify this. They show fear and cower, try to escape, or even try to knock bolt guns away. They can smell blood of the animals that were killed before them, and they often see their dead bodies too. They moan desperately at the top of their lungs. They are sentient and highly intelligent animals. They know they’re about to die and they exhibit a clear desire to live.

    Even ignoring this, it’s obviously in their best interests for them to be alive and not have their life taken away from them at a young age, just like it is for them to be with their mother and live a happy, healthy life, without harmful interference and exploitation by humans.

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      11 months ago

      They don’t wish to die. This is very clear in their behaviour.

      then it should be a simple matter to find an animal cognitive behaviorist to support this position. it’s not, though, because behavior does not entail cognition.

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        11 months ago

        Are you now trying to claim that animals don’t have cognition despite the fact they’re sentient and intelligent beings?

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          11 months ago

          i’m saying they are not cognizant of their personal mortality. if you can get me a cognitive-behavior paper that undercuts this, i’d love to read it.

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      11 months ago

      They know they’re about to die and they exhibit a clear desire to live.

      where is your peer reviewed article?