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Should homeless people have pets?
- Thread starter Typhon
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OP
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Where in my post do I say that? Is putting "please read first" in all caps not enough to get people to read the actual post?
I was referring to the general idea that it would be a good idea to take away pets from their owners even if they are homeless.
Quoting my post from your last homeless thread. Often the animals receive more attention and are treated better than the people. What would you propose doing with them? It's not like most cities' have, or more accurately are willing to spend, the resources to round up and care for these animals for the rest of their lives
Your position is that it's morally wrong for homeless people to have pets, which are just strays that were taken in by them in the first place, because of your assumptions of how they will treat those strays.
You didn't honestly expect most people to find that logical, did you?
Before anyone proposes to take away a homeless person's pet, they should first be required to explain why it wouldn't be more appropriate to give them a home.
The dog protects the homeless and gives Company
The dog receives food and Company.
There's some Street dogs that are not used to live in houses, the best solution is to Help both and not Separate them.
The dog receives food and Company.
There's some Street dogs that are not used to live in houses, the best solution is to Help both and not Separate them.
But just think of the poor dog who has to live outside. Never mind that the human is also living outside, but that's hardly important. The poor puppy!
Everyone deserves companionship. If a homeless person and a homeless animal link up, I don't see why that should be a problem. If the animal was homeless to begin with its quality of life wouldn't be getting worse.
This is to say nothing of the societal failures that lead to homeless people and animals, of course.
This is to say nothing of the societal failures that lead to homeless people and animals, of course.
One of the greatest things about the bond between man and his dog is unconditional love a dog shows. Dogs don't care how you look, how you smell, if you have mental problems, or even if you're homeless. I'd say a homeless person and a homeless dog bonding and making it in the world together is honestly one of the purest examples of companionship that can exist in the world. Everybody who can give proper emotional care to a pet should have one, homeless or not.
Its actually a big problem.
For instance low income housing rules generally dont allow pets and since homeless ppl dont want to give them up they refuse the services of the likes of the Salvation Army
For instance low income housing rules generally dont allow pets and since homeless ppl dont want to give them up they refuse the services of the likes of the Salvation Army
I think people are just confused as what you find morally acceptable/objectionable about this topic since it's not clear.
Do you have an opinion one way or the other, or did you just want the community to discuss among ourselves?
I'm not about the judge a homeless person for anything less than harming someone. Some people here need to reevaluate how they feel towards their fellow man.
OP
OP
I'm personally not sure. I can see arguments on both sides. One thing people have pointed out is that homeless put the well being of their pet above their own which I see as a bad thing. It's limiting their options for housing and potentially risking their own health.
Most of these homeless people who "own" a stray dog or cat have a codependent relationship. They help each other. Some beg with the animal and a lot of them put the animal's needs over their own. If you've seen the Animal Planet show Dr Jeff, the vet in that show treats low income and homeless people's animals with no promise of payment. And they come in fairly often. The point being, if you care enough to want to take care of your animal you can try and find ways to do so. Just because they are homeless doesn't mean they won't care. How many animals maladies are left untreated in sheltered homes by families who refuse to spend the money if their pets get sick?
Basically, if an animal and a human choose each other for companionship, who are we to tear them apart in the name of some strange moral appeal to the animals on the baseless assumption that the animals can't or won't get care or will have a better life elsewhere?
Basically, if an animal and a human choose each other for companionship, who are we to tear them apart in the name of some strange moral appeal to the animals on the baseless assumption that the animals can't or won't get care or will have a better life elsewhere?
I'm trying to imagine the scenario where finding shelter for a homeless person's pet but leaving the homeless person out on the street doesn't make you look like a gigantic asshole.
Yes. The homeless are people and need companionship just like anyone else, more so actually. I was homeless for a time and a having a dog would have been a huge boost, in terms of safety and moral. I find this thread dehumanizing.
This is a stupid question, of course they should.
Op sounds more concerned about the animals than the humans tbh.
Op sounds more concerned about the animals than the humans tbh.
I admit here in Phoenix it is a bit concerning. I don't know how they do it in the Summer, but the dogs I've seen, seem fine. There are shelters, for example, that probably don't allow dogs.
Fuck no they shouldn't. Anyone who can't properly take care of their pet, shouldn't have one. And I do think that these animals should be taken from homeless people and replaced into homes that can take care of them.
So you want them dead because that's what's going to happen. As long as they are not suffering, I just can't agree with your point. This isn't a fantasy land where every dog gets adopted especially full grown ones.
How do you know if the pet is properly taken care of? You'd have to get off that high horse and actually get to know somebody in that situation, but that'd be too much work, huh.
Yea because there's so much people willing to adopt dogs. Animal shelters across the globe are practically empty.
