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Originally Posted by DNSB
Do you also have issues with humans being abused or neglected? I always find the dichotomy shown by people who have no problems with a fictional human dying horribly to advance a storyline but blanch at the thought of an equally fictional animal being abused a bit strange.
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I've seen the results of nasty accidents with animals but not with humans. In my case it's left me a bit squeamish about certain types of injuries regardless of victim (in particular about those caused by strong bases such as lye) but I can see how this could lead to stories with animal abuse hitting harder.
The fact that there is no way for an animal to understand and cultural concepts of animals as helpless beings in the face of humans likely don't help.