Instigator / Pro
14
1644
rating
64
debates
65.63%
won
Topic
#2722

THBT Personal Ownership of Wild Animals as Pets Should be Illegal in US

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
6
0
Better sources
4
0
Better legibility
2
0
Better conduct
2
0

After 2 votes and with 14 points ahead, the winner is...

Undefeatable
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
0
1465
rating
2
debates
0.0%
won
Description

Wild animal: a wild animal must have been living in the natural environment – not domesticated. Does not include dogs or cats for sake of this debate.

Burden of proof is shared. No kritiks.

R1: Constructives
R2: Rebuttals
R3: Further Rebuttal and conclusion

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@Barney

toss in an easy vote before everyone forgets.

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@ImminentDownfall

I agree that dogs or cats are much easier domesticated, that's why originally I excluded them.

I do agree that exotic pets are immoral, but what do you think of owning a dog or a cat? They are not natural creatures and depending on the breed, they can show little to no violence in their lifetimes

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@Death23

how's this? A bit harder, but I think I can manage.

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@seldiora

NHES was better. It said wild animals. (i.e. animals which have not been domesticated)

I have a pet snake so jokes on you.

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@Death23

to be fair, NHES doesn't do much better (https://www.nhes.org/exotic-pet-trade/#:~:text=Sugar%20gliders%2C%20hedgehogs%2C%20pythons%20%E2%80%93,in%20captivity%20for%20retail%20sale.)

Resolution uses a generic generalization and the definition of exotic animal is overbroad. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/generics/