Hello all,
I didn't even notice this thread until today!
Lydia, please send me photos of your beautiful eagle!!! Hello again Serpentessa!
I have had pets all my life; rescued and rehomed them, even volunteered as a wildlife rescue worker. I love animals. That said I don't think that having animals as pets/in shows/at zoos is necessarily an abusive behavior. I think it can often be, but I don't think that in itself it is a horrible torturous thing people are doing to animals.
For instance: many of these snakes that snake dancers use are rescued snakes who would not have had a home otherwise. Suddenly they are being well fed and taken care of as a dance partner...I just don't see how it makes for animal abuse. Again, as Serpentessa said, not all dancers do it right...I strive to be one of them.
PM me Serpentessa; I'd love to talk snakes!