[Delkaetre]

Questions. And please, please, do not snap or snarl as some vegans have done, I genuinely do not know what people want to do in these cases.

What do we do about pets? If we are not to keep them in a form of slavery, does that mean we are not to keep pets? Not to train them to respond to our commands? I know you 'train' children to use the bathroom and not smash the furniture, but a dog would be trained and kept in that state all of its life. No more pets? No more domesticated animals? What do you do with the existing ones?

What do we do about, say, cats? They've been positively deadly everywhere they've been introduced. How can you limit their numbers without culling them? What about spaying them, is that regarded as unethical?

If an animal is injured, do you take it in and give it medical care? People don't do that for a lot of humans, particularly those lacking in insurance, so what of animals in such cases?

How do you keep rats and mice out of houses? Traps? Poison? Humane traps are not very effective, as a pest can usually get back in very easily. All it takes is leaving your door open for five minutes.

How do you deal with pest animals eating the crops you're trying to grow to feed yourselves? What do you do if the crops are damaged by deer or rodents? When it's down to your food or theirs?

What of zoos? In many cases, they're all that stand between rare animals and extinction. Under what circumstances can you keep animals in captivity? What can you do about the ones unable to fend for themselves in the wild? How do you rescue falling populations of indigenous species when an imported species is becoming dominant (see the Red/Grey/Black squirrel problem, or, again, cats)?