Are outdoor animals in pain all the time?

[Derek]

I was thinking about cows flicking their tails to keep flies away. You know they're constantly getting bit or stung by all sorts of insects. Same with any other warm-blooded animal that lives outside. Constant attacks from fleas, mosquitos, flies, ants, wasps, etc. and with really no way to prevent it. I can't imagine that. It makes me sad.

 

Then I start thinking that maybe us carnivores are helping by ending their suffering? And, ironically, the vegetarians may be prolonging it?

[Captain Pickle]

I have a stapler at home.  Not sure why

[SimpleG]

15 minutes ago, Derek said:

. Constant attacks from fleas, mosquitos, flies, ants, wasps,

Keeps the meat tender and juicy ,so dont feel sad.

[Biggie]

@johnny what say you?

[Best]

35 minutes ago, Derek said:

Then I start thinking that maybe us carnivores are helping by ending their suffering? And, ironically, the vegetarians may be prolonging it?

 

That's a great observation. Never thought about any of this. 

[Biggie]

8 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

That's a great observation. Never thought about any of this. 

[Derek]

16 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

That's a great observation. Never thought about any of this. 

What can I say. I'm a deep thinker. My hypothesis doesn't hold up very well, though, knowing animals are bred and raised just for us to eat. 😞

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

No, they're not because evolution has made their hides relatively resistant against things that our far thinner skin can't tolerate.

[Derek]

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

No, they're not because evolution has made their hides relatively resistant against things that our far thinner skin can't tolerate.

That's my guy. Thank you.

 

(Except for those worm things that get inside the skin and lay eggs or whatever they do)

[Keyser_Soze]

3 hours ago, Derek said:

 Constant attacks from fleas, mosquitos, flies, ants, wasps, etc. and with really no way to prevent it. I can't imagine that. It makes me sad.

 

Luckily these creatures never make it inside of a dwelling.

[Siebzehn]