Culling of birds ethical?

Mr Soh SG

U think its wrong to kill stray birds to prevent bird flu? Think about Humans..think about SARS...would THEY kill the humans once in a while to prevent it? Its VERY BAD. they should do something else instead of culling....they should! Some of them have babies to feed! They have a family!

Imagine yr parent dont return home one day to feed u. How will u feel?
One day u realised yr parent got poisoned by cunning human.

This earth belong to animal and bird and not only to human. They been around before human ever came about.

ShutterBug SG

Do you think it’s wrong to kill people because they’ve done wrong?

Mr Soh SG

Yes

jeg SG

Humans talking about Ethics........Thats like the debate wether there is life on Space...Never Ending... Very Happy

nightzip SG

the bottom line is the more you kill, the better the disease....

this is taken in the buddhism perspective. The more sins we do with culling, the dead birds spirits will have to be appeased....anyway, alot of "yuan(1) qi" around, by culling.

If you take the above point in scientific way, it is that when you cull away those birds that got the virus, only the STRONGER birds are retained. These birds are better able to accomodate the virus inside their bodies, and through time, the "unseen" or "unactive" virus to these birds will evolve and become stronger bird flu virus and become more harmful to humans....

those cullers and scientists really dun know what they are doing.

Btw i'm Ph.D. in engineering. (to substantiate this fact Very Happy , also you can check this above point in the internet).

So, ultimately, the culling may be not just unethical, but unwise. Sin upon sin we do will only ultimately kill us. Rolling Eyes

dragg SG

humans are highest in the food chain.

they can do anything they want to.

did it ever occur to you that germs are culling human too.

nightzip SG

yes yes, if mutual.

Humans feed on poultry, but microbes, bacteria, lices, worms, feed on us. (even when we are alive).

So nothing much really. The bad thing they fail to see is that culling will not solve things long-term.

To be ethical rather, though not financially sound, we should show empathy to the chickens etc, by trying to find a cure for them and help them, right?

Definitely, not kill them. Mad

So, let's say your mum got SARs or some uncurable and infectious disease, you kill her? (touch-wood) Rolling Eyes Laughing

Mr Soh SG

Have u all heard the story of the European Bees get wiped out by african bees?

Messing around with nature will spoil the ecosystem. We need bees, insects to pollinate flowers and plants to sustain life.

People dont care. They care about mostly $$$. The pollution in singapore have to be controlled to curb the rising health costs.

Mr Soh SG

The Earth takes care of us by providing adequate food, energy and natural resources. In turn we have to take care of it too. We are part of its ecosystem and we have to play by its rules. Instead we are the main causing global warming

Dont mess with the earth. U cant control its fury. Human are powerless in the face of nature's forces such as Katrina and Tsunami...

Mr Soh SG

I dedicate Michael Jackson’s Earth song.

poon cho tang SG

apes descend from the trees
apes transcend to proto-humans
proto-humans adopt hunter-gatherer life
proto-humans become full-fledged homo
humans invented agriculture
humans live in bigger communities
humans rear animals
humans become specialised
humans create civilisations
agriculture becomes specialised
humans mass rear animals
humans live in higher density communities
humans develop resistant viral strains
humans cull animals
humans attempt to develop cures
humans make a futile search
humans kill themselves through war
humans become extinct

Laughing

de_middle SG

Come Let's all become vegetarians on this account Laughing

laurence82 SG

We also got cull humans

Its called genocide

Think Holocaust

donchoo SG

Its still happening today, in africa. Civil wars, tribal disputes. Media got africa fatigue since the fighting never stops there.