[Rusalka]

I think both whale hunting and explosive carrying dolphins are valid issues. So are the fate of the Iberian lynx, snow leopards, wolves and rain forests. I put up this article because it was a recent issue, and there's a petition that can be signed.

As for abortion and euthanasia, I really don't think it has anything to do with this Phleg, and it's a strawman. Abortion is something people decide to have themselves, no one is forced to abort a baby, they're merely given the choice. Whether it's moral or not is open to debate, but it is definitely not out of the person's control. Euthanasia is a more debatable subject along these lines, because not all euthanasia requests are made by the patients themselves. Still, both these instances are mostly, and in the case of abortion all the time, require a consenting adult. I don't think the seals would be thrilled about being clubbed to death or skinned alive. As human beings, since we're so all-powerful and love to have control everything in our environment (and since we seriously screwed up the earth so far) we have to be more responsible in what we do. Most fauna and flora are now dependent on the humans; men decide their fate. What right do we have, though?

I don't want this article and petition request thread to turn into a "what about abortion? isn't it equally valid?" piss contest; this is not even an issue about people but animals. I don't think the two are comparable. To try to carry the argument there is nothing but demagogy.