Ben Nachie wrote:StevenF wrote:obviously yes.
Obvious how?
I don't think that a dogs life has equal value when compared to a humans so I think the choice to abandon it would be easier (example, my dog's death would only affect me and the dog, whereas a human would affect his parents, children, friends, ... and no I will not go into the discussion "what if he didn't have any of those?) and I imagine the guilt afterwards would not be as big. To save a human life I would take bigger risks then to save a dogs life.
This all seems obvious to me because I don't accept the "my dogs are my children" theory. Partly from my own experience because I had a dog before I became a father and I would kill my own dog to feed my children if necessary and not the other way around
. And I think (hope) this is true for almost all dog owners who have children.
If I look around then I think this sentiment is almost universal, except of course when someone leaves his dog on the hill to save his life.
Animals are forced to have horrible lives for the food industry, refugees are left to drown, but aren't we decent? Let's all publicly shame this poor guy who probably feels terrible already for not being able to save the dog he owned land oved for 10 years. Pfff