Episode #60

[MangusKhan]

Thank you for sharing your perspective, MangusKhan. The reason that male ducks and roosters are so aggressive, unfortunately, is that we have bred these animals explicitly to exploit their reproductive systems, which leads to extremely high hormone levels. We justify killing roosters because they are aggressive, but we actually have made them to be this way. Very sad.

I never knew that, I simply assumed they were hardwired that way. thanks for enlightening me to this fact. There are many non-domesticated animals which show similar behaviour though, even from much higher-order species like primates. At the end of the day, I rest easy knowing that the experiences I impose upon these creatures are not hugely distorted compared to their natural experiences. To kill a human being, that's an infringement with profound effects. To kill a duck, that's simply another memory added to the species' collective consciousness about being killed. As Jesus said, "Judge a tree by its fruits."