To the editor: If Zoe Rosenberg achieved her mission of releasing each poultry hen from captivity, she would fail at her purpose of creating “each animal … secure and blissful, free” (“An animal rights activist stated she ‘rescued’ chickens. A jury convicted her of conspiracy,” Oct. 30). What Rosenberg and vigilantes like her fail to grasp is that the species Gallus gallus domesticus exists solely on account of human husbandry and agriculture. These extremely inbred animals are fully incapable of residing within the wild. They’re unable to feed themselves or defend themselves from all method of predators. If these activists achieved their purpose, the species would rapidly go extinct.
However, because it stands, from an evolutionary standpoint, the poultry hen is likely one of the most profitable species on the planet. So long as people proceed to farm and eat Gallus gallus domesticus, its survival as a species is as safe as our personal.
If animal rights activists wish to assist animals be “blissful” and “free,” they need to refocus their consideration to defending wild endangered species. In the true world, there isn’t a such factor as security; there’s solely survival of the fittest. However no less than with these animals, there’s a theoretical chance that they may be blissful and free.
Jack Debes, Santa Monica
