Animal Rights 
No Comments Killing Them with Kindness
No, this isn’t about that guy with the machete, but another, somewhat less viral (but more pertinent to NAIA) story.
An Ohio man declared to police that 15 racehorses wanted to be “free,” after releasing them from their stables. Sadly, one of these poor “liberated” horses fell through the ice over Meyers Lake and drowned.
This is awful, but it also informs — because we’re not sure if you could find a more shining distillation of a specific mindset and its consequences that NAIA is fighting against. Whether someone is…
- banning breeds or breeders rather than specific behaviors;
- endangering the local pet and human population by importing street dogs from countries where canine rabies, flu, and/or brucellosis are endemic;
- fighting against animal research that will benefit future generations while enjoying — or perhaps even maintaining — their lives through the countless discoveries already achieved through *drum roll please* animal research; or
- demanding radical changes in agricultural policy and practices, despite never having set foot on a modern farm
It’s always the same story: moral certainty and the idea that “We’ve got to do something now!” coupled with limited (often non-existent) first-hand understanding of the issue at hand, which is inevitably followed by tragic, if utterly predictable consequences.
