• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Domesticated species are selectively bred by humans to enhance characteristics we find desirable. Many of these characteristic would be weeded out by natural selection within one generation. Cultivated banana trees, for example, cannot reproduce; and Dairy cows can die if not milked regularly.

    That’s a big part of what makes them “domesticated”.

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      1 year ago

      I’m asking why it matters if they go extinct, not if they would.

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          1 year ago

          The OP is concerned about preventing the deaths and exploitation of these animals, and the way to do that is to stop breeding them for food.