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GolfNovemberUniform

@EUCommission microchips are extremely unethical and absolutely unnecessary though.

8 August at 7:48 | Wall-to-wall | Open on infosec.exchange
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Pepijn

@GolfNovemberUniform

Why do you think it's unethical to microchip a cat?

edit: ah, trolling it seems. Nevermind then 🙂

@EUCommission

8 August at 7:50 | Open on mastodon.online
GolfNovemberUniform

@Pepijn @EUCommission same way as for humans if you support animal rights (and it's absolutely fine if you don't).

8 August at 7:52 | Open on infosec.exchange
Petra van Cronenburg
Pepijn

@NatureMC Yeah. Maybe trolls ought to be microchipped.. ;-)

@EUCommission

8 August at 10:31 | Open on mastodon.online
Apicultor 🐝

@GolfNovemberUniform @EUCommission Identifying the animal unequivocally is important. The other option used to be a tattoo, which hurts a lot more.

In which way do you find a microchip unethical?

8 August at 7:51 | Open on hachyderm.io
GolfNovemberUniform

@apicultor @EUCommission I don't see it as an important thing.

I answered in another reply but since people absolutely hate "read the other comment" phrases, it's unethical in the same way as microchiping a human but it's only if you support animal rights.

8 August at 7:54 | Open on infosec.exchange
Nicolas

@GolfNovemberUniform @apicultor @EUCommission Well I consider myself antispeciesist, but I don't think applying a chip to an human is the same to applying it to an animal.
I'll explain why: besides I agree with the fact that animals should be considered more in their right to live and in their right to be and express themselves. I think the chip is necessary because they are, anyways, different from an human baby or an human in general. (part 1/2)

8 August at 9:24 | Open on mastodon.social
Nicolas

@GolfNovemberUniform @apicultor @EUCommission They differs first of all in their behavior: a cat or a dog can escape more easily then an human baby or an human that understand he shouldn't go around. Chips help to bring a pet that has being lost to be found. (sorry for bad english) It's better to have a way to get them back at home then crying because we lost them.
You could say that people could just pay attention to their pet, but it's not always so easy and incidents can happen.

8 August at 9:26 | Open on mastodon.social
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