01-04-2015, 10:38 AM
Well even if he doesn't, he has decent quality of life, obviously, and that is very good.
I saw a video the other day about a dog in India who had both front feet cut off by an encounter with a train. He was rescued and helped by Animal Aid Unlimited India. One leg had to be amputated and he was left with one long stump at the front. When he started to recover from surgery -was he happy?? Yes he was! They got him a prosthesis for the front leg and he was learning to use it -although clumsily. But it was obvious he was happy to be alive.
A commenter on the video said he should have been put to sleep. I didn't comment, but felt like replying to this fellow, "Would YOU like to be sentenced to death just because you'd had to have an arm amputated, and had a prosthetic hand??"
So long as an animal has some good quality of life, they should be allowed to live even if they have disabilities. That's my opinion anyway.
I saw a video the other day about a dog in India who had both front feet cut off by an encounter with a train. He was rescued and helped by Animal Aid Unlimited India. One leg had to be amputated and he was left with one long stump at the front. When he started to recover from surgery -was he happy?? Yes he was! They got him a prosthesis for the front leg and he was learning to use it -although clumsily. But it was obvious he was happy to be alive.
A commenter on the video said he should have been put to sleep. I didn't comment, but felt like replying to this fellow, "Would YOU like to be sentenced to death just because you'd had to have an arm amputated, and had a prosthetic hand??"
So long as an animal has some good quality of life, they should be allowed to live even if they have disabilities. That's my opinion anyway.
