Leading the charge is the UK’s largest animal rights group Animal Aid, who are urging Instagram, which is owned by social media giant Facebook, to put an end to this careless and harmful trading of animals. The charity’s director Andrew Tyler said, “Animals are being manufactured and traded as products and this will encourage people to breed carelessly. The easier you make it to buy and sell animals online, the more casual and callous an approach people will take…and this will only lead to more suffering.” Animals are not mere commodities to be bought and sold. They are living, feeling, sentient beings, and when their welfare is put second to that of profit, they will always suffer as a result. Read more: care2/causes/instagram-allows-sale-of-animals-for-pets-slaughter-and-sacrifice.html#ixzz2bVx2lwUU
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:39:13 +0000
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