"many animals, like my rabbit, do not have the survival instincts to survive"
Well that's bullshit because how do you think rabbits were domesticated in the first place if they weren't already existing naturally in the wild....surviving. Every animal has the necessary survival instincts. If you left your dog in the middle of nowhere it would be able to survive. Just like you would be able to survive in a forest. Just because it lives a domesticated life doesn't mean it doesn't know how to survive in the wild.
Anyway, you're friend is a prick and a loud mouthed one at that.
Nooo, most animals would die if just set free! Domestic animals set free are called 'feral' and differentiated from their true wild ancestors. Many still depend on humans to some degree....(stealing food, raiding trash, eating other domestic animals, etc). Which in itself causes them a great threat.
It generally takes a few to several generations for a domestic animal to revert satisfactorily to a more 'wild' state.
If you look at animals such as horses it's very easy to see the physiological differences between domestic and feral and wild. A domestic horse would have significant hoof and tooth problems if let go into the wild. A mustang's hoof is HUGE and hardy compared to a modern domestic horse. A mustang is HUGE itself compared to true wild horses.
The few who did survive, it wouldn't be without a lot of pain and suffering-and death. If a feral animal doesn't starve or get eaten, it will likely be killed due to being a nuisance or being easy prey. Much fewer of it's offspring will survive, if any. Many domestic animals are kept in a place where they ordinarily can't live due to weather, as well. To let them go would be to have them starve (or be eaten by real wild animals) very quickly.
My rabbit doesn't fear predators. If I didn't protect her, she would be killed very quickly in the wild. She'll run if there's a loud sound, such as a dog barking loudly, but she won't run if she's being stalked. She doesn't know that people and other animals can be dangerous, and she'd probably be dead before she learned.
Sorry to respond so late, but this is how my rabbit is to. He will approach people and he doesn't seem to have much of a fear of other animals unless they make a loud sound. He loves being pet and coddled and if a wild animal approached him, he'd probably run up to the animal to fulfill his curiosity and be killed on the spot.
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"many animals, like my rabbit, do not have the survival instincts to survive"
Well that's bullshit because how do you think rabbits were domesticated in the first place if they weren't already existing naturally in the wild....surviving. Every animal has the necessary survival instincts. If you left your dog in the middle of nowhere it would be able to survive. Just like you would be able to survive in a forest. Just because it lives a domesticated life doesn't mean it doesn't know how to survive in the wild.
Anyway, you're friend is a prick and a loud mouthed one at that.
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Nooo, most animals would die if just set free! Domestic animals set free are called 'feral' and differentiated from their true wild ancestors. Many still depend on humans to some degree....(stealing food, raiding trash, eating other domestic animals, etc). Which in itself causes them a great threat.
It generally takes a few to several generations for a domestic animal to revert satisfactorily to a more 'wild' state.
If you look at animals such as horses it's very easy to see the physiological differences between domestic and feral and wild. A domestic horse would have significant hoof and tooth problems if let go into the wild. A mustang's hoof is HUGE and hardy compared to a modern domestic horse. A mustang is HUGE itself compared to true wild horses.
The few who did survive, it wouldn't be without a lot of pain and suffering-and death. If a feral animal doesn't starve or get eaten, it will likely be killed due to being a nuisance or being easy prey. Much fewer of it's offspring will survive, if any. Many domestic animals are kept in a place where they ordinarily can't live due to weather, as well. To let them go would be to have them starve (or be eaten by real wild animals) very quickly.
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Thank you.
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My rabbit doesn't fear predators. If I didn't protect her, she would be killed very quickly in the wild. She'll run if there's a loud sound, such as a dog barking loudly, but she won't run if she's being stalked. She doesn't know that people and other animals can be dangerous, and she'd probably be dead before she learned.
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Sorry to respond so late, but this is how my rabbit is to. He will approach people and he doesn't seem to have much of a fear of other animals unless they make a loud sound. He loves being pet and coddled and if a wild animal approached him, he'd probably run up to the animal to fulfill his curiosity and be killed on the spot.
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My rabbit runs up to stray cats near our house all the time to make friends, even when they're obviously stalking her. I have to chase them away.