Buddhism & Nature
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:33 am
We all must love, respect & accept man and beast as we for our own.
Sometimes, beast can be a bit of a problem in life, such as flies, mice, rats, moths, bees, wasps etc.
We must not kill a life that is not ours, but what if that life was a danger to ours & our loved ones' ?
Are we entitled to dispose of the creature?
If it is a danger to one's health & environment?
I own an insect catcher so if there's spiders crawling around my apartment, I'd catch it then release it back to it's natural habitat.
I try to use live traps for rats & mice without the poison bait so I can release them back into the wild.
But what about flies? I have trouble with catching them and releasing them.
I try not to hurt them and I have sticky pads on the walls but they don't stick to them and flies have germs, bacteria & similar diseases to rodents.
What are your opinions?
Sometimes, beast can be a bit of a problem in life, such as flies, mice, rats, moths, bees, wasps etc.
We must not kill a life that is not ours, but what if that life was a danger to ours & our loved ones' ?
Are we entitled to dispose of the creature?
If it is a danger to one's health & environment?
I own an insect catcher so if there's spiders crawling around my apartment, I'd catch it then release it back to it's natural habitat.
I try to use live traps for rats & mice without the poison bait so I can release them back into the wild.
But what about flies? I have trouble with catching them and releasing them.
I try not to hurt them and I have sticky pads on the walls but they don't stick to them and flies have germs, bacteria & similar diseases to rodents.
What are your opinions?