Hmm, you're reading too much into what *I* said now.
I'll take your word for it if you say it's not painful/traumatic (you obviously have more experience there than I do), although it seems counterintuitive to me. (FWIW, in German law, there is a loophole that allows the castration of pigs and other livestock until the age of two or four weeks or so without the use of anesthetics etc.)
Obviously, castration of livestock is a necessity in practice, too; I didn't debate that. I'm not happy that it's necessary, but I can see why it is, and honestly, if we're going to kill e.g. pigs, then castrating them doesn't seem that much worse. I'd still hope it's done without pain or suffering or stress, though (both the killing and the castration).
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Date: 2011-06-04 11:44 am (UTC)I'll take your word for it if you say it's not painful/traumatic (you obviously have more experience there than I do), although it seems counterintuitive to me. (FWIW, in German law, there is a loophole that allows the castration of pigs and other livestock until the age of two or four weeks or so without the use of anesthetics etc.)
Obviously, castration of livestock is a necessity in practice, too; I didn't debate that. I'm not happy that it's necessary, but I can see why it is, and honestly, if we're going to kill e.g. pigs, then castrating them doesn't seem that much worse. I'd still hope it's done without pain or suffering or stress, though (both the killing and the castration).