Can Life Prevail? by Pentti Linkola

Author:Pentti Linkola [Linkola, Pentti]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3, pdf
Tags: iron_pill_short
ISBN: 9781907166631
Google: D3nnaB7_HKgC
Amazon: 1907166009
Publisher: Arktos
Published: 2011-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

What are these animal protectors aiming at by nurturing minks imported from Canada, cats from Egypt, raccoons from China? Like their protégés, these predators are archenemies of environmentalism, of friends of nature and of nature itself.

1997

Aspects of Animal Protection

R. Halttunen has accused[1] me of using double standards on the grounds that while I am opposed to fur farming, I simultaneously create suffering for animals in my trade as a fisherman. Halttunen is quite correct with regard to suffering: the languishing of fish in the nets and their slow death are certainly more painful than the swift slaughter of the fox and mink.

But the question is not about death: it is about life. While nature and the whole animal kingdom are animated by an ardent desire to preserve life and freedom, nature is blind to temporary suffering. The starling and blackbird do everything they can to avoid the hawk’s claws. But when the hawk finally manages to capture its prey, it holds the starling in a firm grip and surely does not care about humanely ‘putting it down’; rather, the hawk plucks at it and starts eating the best bits of flesh, as the starling is still screaming. No doubt, the last few minutes (or hours or days) in the life of an animal that has lived for many years are of no great significance.

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