[33] Finally, if killing or harming animals is wrong or not God's perfect will, then Christ's perfection is in doubt (Heb 9:14) as he was directly and indirectly involved in the infliction of death and
suffering upon animals.
Not exact matches
If, for example, our reflection on other
animals takes place in the context of the conviction that Christ is in them and they are in Christ, that we and they are members one of the other, and that together we build up the body of Christ, it would no longer be possible to turn our backs
upon their
suffering with indifference.
Because
animals can
suffer, we have ethical obligations not to inflict
upon them more pain, relative to their capacities for sentience, than we would inflict on creatures of our own kind, relative to our capacities.
Time to get
animal products off the menu, and end the insane amount of
suffering that humans place
upon other species.
Humane Canada is opposed to drugs being administered with a view to altering the performance of a horse and to any races where unreasonable or excessive demands
upon the horse cause distress or
suffering (e.g., immature or unfit
animals).
Also, the owner or custodian of an
animal may not inflict unnecessary
suffering or pain
upon the
animal, or fail to provide it with nutritious food in sufficient quantity, necessary veterinary care, proper drink, air, space, shelter or protection from the weather.
Upon the completion of the protocol,
animals suffer a radiation dermatitis, which resembles a bad, blistering sunburn.
Our veterinarians took the veterinary medical oath
upon becoming doctors and part of that oath is to aid in the «relief of
animal suffering».
Banning snares: bring in an outright ban on snares on the basis they are inhumane and cruel and inflict
suffering, injury or death
upon animals caught in them, including cats 10.
Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an
animal, or causes or procures an
animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live
animal, except an
animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an
animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty
upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an
animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or
upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the
animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture,
suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by both fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that a second or subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
In addition to any other penalty provided by law,
upon conviction for any violation of this section or of sections seventy - seven A, seventy - eight, seventy - eight A, seventy - nine A, seventy - nine B, eighty A, eighty B, eighty C, eighty D, eighty F, eighty - six, eighty - six A, eighty - six B or ninety - four the defendant shall forfeit to the custody of any society, incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to
animals or for the care and protection of homeless or
suffering animals, the
animal whose treatment was the basis of such conviction.
I suppose you'll be happy to give advice to the
suffering crops, or herds of
animals, or any other living thing we depend
upon for food.
As development encroaches
upon reindeer habitat, however, the iconic
animals are
suffering... hundreds of reindeer are killed by freight trains alone.