Learned helplessness?

President has tons of power, are you listening to yourself? Bully pulpit? Whats that

Look, it's a start. A step in the right direction. By no means enough... Wildlife and farm animals should be the next focus to save. But Spain is further than a lot of other countries. The dog fights and meat trade are awful. So if we can start to lessen the pain of some animals, it's better than not helping any... Save those we can today and continue to fight for the ones we couldn't save, tomorrow. And let's hope this means we'll get some shitty people locked up and their meat trades closed down. Animals are re-homed to good people and appreciated more. As it should be.

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We can criticize how ineffectual your argument is. If you cared about changing the mind and hearts of man to help animals, shitting on people doesn't work. You're not actually helping then

And don’t forget the animals used for hunting. You can still abuse and neglect the Spanish hunting dogs… :(

You have to be a millionaire to live in Madrid center

ah yes im sure this will be life changing and not something that will disappear into the ether never to be heard of again

That’s the easy answer, every year watch the videos. It’s mostly young people I hate to tell you.

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The genius could have probably done it too.

Yup, that Spain. I'm going to Madrid in a few days and am only going to vegan cafes and restaurants. No way I'm giving anyone else my money.

What about bull fighting? Just curious about what people's stance on it?

He wanted to use the atmosphere to transmit power I think. If my gold fish level memory is even kinda correct, he wanted to use underground water sources and vibrations of the earth to create power from that frequency and use tesla coils to transmit the power high in the atmosphere.

I don't know the law but considering the powerful "ag-gag" laws in the US, I bet that law is a "house pet abuse" law.

You might be the baddie if you need a law to prevent people from knowing the truth about your industry.

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You see, torturing is more fun! The British don't know how to have real fun.

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Look up the abuse Galgos and Podencos. There are plenty of documentaries. The torture is part of their tradition.

Yeah, this law is a small step in the right direction, so small that it might even delay better legislation that could actually protect more animals.

How much cognitive dissonance do you need to say "we love dogs, unless you're talking about hunting dogs, they don't matter".

Lmao its ok, if I wanted to get the real downvotes I'd tell people to just go vegan, but sometimes sarcasm gets the point across better.

How about reducing shitty meat production and just keeping premium meat which is already priced high?

Using animals for cheap burgers and crappy sausage is the majority of the consumption, and the meat by itself in those food items tastes like sawdust. It gets flavored with sauces and other crap which could give the same flavor and texture to plant based proteins.

So you don't have to force people to give up meat. Just give up shitty meat and respect the animals enough to buy only high quality meat. (ie. Not pale white chicken meat and fatless lean beef which are the result of unnatural farming practices.) For a lot of people this is a good first step to realizing you don't need meat every meal or every day, like how people had meat only on select nights forever before the industrial revolution.

Spain just recently accidentally legalized bestiality by miswording the statute.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/02/24/spain-decriminalize-bestiality/

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We eat dogs and cats. 👍🏼

There's an old saying "softly softly catchee monkey", it means you should creep up and be gentle when trying to achieve a goal, so by bashing people over the head instead of taking them gently by the arm you're working against yourself to achieve your outcome. The other saying is "catch more flies with honey than vinegar".