A cat-napping suspect is seen on his home surveillance footage stealing a cat named GoGo (via ABC 7)
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A Cat Killer and Old MacDonald’s Farm
The outrage towards a young man who has developed a taste for killing cats is apparent… Yet there is very little outrage towards the small family farm, where animals who give their trust are betrayed in exactly the same way. Far from outrage, in a nation where biblical slaughter is a cherished value, the family farm is viewed as the ideal of humane slaughter – a good life and a violent death. How is the slaughter of a cow, a pig or a chicken any different than the slaughter of a cat?
First off – this cat killer is no different than your friendly family farmer who lures a cow, a pig or a chicken to him then slaughters the victim. Both cases are a betrayal of trust. Both cases are cruel and show no reverence for life.
There are probably also psychological factors at play… We do not know why this young man feels the need to trick a cat into trusting him, then dominate and kill that cat. We do not know if he has at some point been betrayed for trusting or humiliated and made to feel foolish. Perhaps he was taught to hunt or saw his father or a close relative slaughter an animal and came to understand that this is a way for him to vent his anger.
What we do know that is has found an easy and justifiable victim… an animal. He can at least feel superior to this ‘dumb’ cat who trusted him, as he is seen luring the cat to bond with him. No one will humiliate him again. Now he too can be important, simply by exercising the right of genesis:
Genesis 9:1-3 “The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.’
The ease with which alienated individuals can destroy animal victims is the sign of a society where violence can easily run amok. Should his rage fester and grow, his next step might be to lure young children to him, to violate and destroy them as well, if his psychopathology is such that any trust must be punished or destroyed.
Whether or not he moves on to prey on children, we must grapple with the underlying view that animals are easy and fair game for violence in a society that reveres dominion..
Another figure in this arrogant destruction of wilelife was the killing of Cecil the lion… His killer was found innocent of breaking Zimbabwe law… My response to this injustice:
“Genesis 9:1-3 “The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.'”
Cecil’s Killer…Innocent by reason of Dominion
When I read the headline: Zimbabwe will not charge US dentist for killing Cecil the lion, I couldnt even remember his name: an inconsequential, non-descript, pasty faced little twit of a man, who did not stand out in any way. For such an unimpressive little person, invested by dominion, there is a surefire way to acquire stature & status – kill a prominent, animal recognized for his nobility in the animal kingdom, kill a magnificent lion, the head of a pride, admired by tourists, and then perhaps you too will be viewed as more than what you are.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zimbabwe-will-not-charge-us-dentist-for-killing-cecil-the-lion/ar-AAfmVFd?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=mailsignout
It is not surprising that the verdict came down as innocent. When the law is on the side of human interests and dominion, the killing of a non-human is not a question of morality, but of property rights. Cecil was lured away from his ‘safety zone’, so that a mediocre little man could somehow establish his prominence by killing such a commanding presence: association by murder.
Despite protests from the killer that he was not informed of the violation for killing Cecil outside his sanctuary, it is his ignorance of morality that is damning. It is the mark of small minds to quibble over bureaucratic details, while failing to grasp the greater issue. He was found innocent of illegally murdering Cecil by a Judiciary with the same small mindset: Innocent by reason of Dominion.
Saved by Ahimsa…
In India, the effort to preserve magnificent animals, such as tigers, lions and panthers is based on ahimsa… and therefore concerns itself with the morality of protecting these animals from those who would harm them. It is not a question of property rights, but of morality:
“All things breathing, all things existing, all living beings whatever, would not be slain or treated with violence, or insulted, or tortured or driven away. This is the pure unchanging eternal law, which the wise ones who know the world have proclaimed…” Jain Acharanga Sutra
There are no rules about where it is appropriate to kill lions, tigers or panthers… Every effort is made to protect these animals by law, whether they are in a declared safety zone or not. It is not an issue of location, but respect for life, which is sorely missing from the lexicon of dominion…. and its little henchmen.
On a positive note…
The Asian lion is making a comeback after being hunted to the point of extinction during British occupation, by great white hunters and by Mogul princes (of dominionist Islam). The Asian lion is now protected by the inheritors of ahimsa and their continued increase has brought joy to those who cherish compassion:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33605257
The outrage towards a young man who has developed a taste for killing cats is apparent and justified… Yet there is very little outrage towards the small family farm, where animals who give their trust are betrayed in exactly the same way. Far from outrage, in a nation where biblical slaughter is a cherished value, the family farm is viewed as the ideal of humane slaughter – a good life and a violent death. How is the slaughter of a cow, a pig or a chicken any different than the slaughter of a cat?
First off – this cat killer is no different than your friendly family farmer who lures a cow, a pig or a chicken to him then slaughters the victim. Both cases are a betrayal of trust. Both cases are cruel and show no reverence for life.
There are probably also psychological factors at play… We do not know why this young man feels the need to trick a cat into trusting him, then dominate and kill that cat. We do not know if he has at some point been betrayed for trusting or humiliated and made to feel foolish. Perhaps he was taught to hunt or saw his father or a close relative slaughter an animal and came to understand that this is a way for him to vent his anger.
What we do know that is has found an easy and justifiable victim… an animal. He can at least feel superior to this ‘dumb’ cat who trusted him, as he is seen luring the cat to bond with him. No one will humiliate him again. Now he too can be important, simply by exercising the right of genesis:
Genesis 9:1-3 “The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.’
The ease with which alienated individuals can destroy animal victims is the sign of a society where violence can easily run amok. Should his rage fester and grow, his next step might be to lure young children to him, to violate and destroy them as well, if his psychopathology is such that any trust must be punished or destroyed.
Whether or not he moves on to prey on children, we must grapple with the underlying view that animals are easy and fair game for violence in a society that reveres dominion..