Animals vs humans round 2

[livingzuid]

I was enjoying our previous debate started by Fifi. Not sure if we were done!

AIBU to think if faced with choosing a pet over a human (even if a stranger), you should choose the human?

The idea was brought up in another thread and put in life or death situation. Building on fire contains your pet and a stranger. You could only save one, who would it be?

I had a dog, Ralph, I cried my heart out when he died 3 years ago. The only dog I wasn't scared of! But I can't imagine leaving a person to die instead, no matter how my heart would break.

Sorry I couldn't help myself I was enjoying the discussion! I am camp pet by the way ducks missiles

HURAAY, now someone answer my question! Save your own DC or your beloved pet?

The human, without question.

Anyone who doesn't needs their head examined.

I might be in the dog camp but obviously I am going to choose my own child first.

Can't blame you for not wanting to trawl through 1000 messages :) I don't think anyone said they would put the pet ahead of their own children. Can't imagine that really. But in my universe my dog would be the one doing the saving!

DH is telling me off for opening a new thread :)

I don't that it is obvious though, as its been pointed out there seems to be some very differing opinions. It would seem 'obvious' to me to save a child that wasn't mine over a dog but others disagree

Imagine the news headlines if you did save a dog over a child

Forty said on the last thread it is a question of what values people place on life (I think that was it). My dog is part of the family so I value that more over a stranger I have never met and have no emotional attachment to. It would have to be something pretty mega in the first place to get me into a burning house and I would call the fire brigade over going into a house for someone I had no connection to.

Lol tired this is true. The Dm would have a field day!

My order of house saving:
-DD and DS
-Dog
-Anyone else

The hell with the news headlines.... Those a holes pander to the worst in human spirit! Besides these people would save a corpse that was a peado among other vile things when alive, over their own pets! And they judge us morally deficient! Puffs out boobs, wriggles shoulders & huffs indignantly! Lol!

It's about vulnerability to me. A child and a dog are more vulnerable than a grown up who can make an attempt to save themselves. And I could carry a dog and a child but I would struggle with a grown person physically.

Imagine you'd had a party at your house and you were upstairs with a child you barely know, say a work colleague of your DH couldn't get a baby sitter. You've only got time to save them or your dog!

Hey I wouldn't save a corpse!

Imagine the news headlines if you did save a dog over a child

Indeed. You'd need police protection I'd imagine. I'd forgive the police for being a bit lax with it though

2tired the dog every time, and if anyone even dares to question my sanity then prepare for a rant

I imagine a human could very easily take down a squirrel or a small deer but a gibbon or lion would win most fights

I'm with urgent and spider lol. Getting told off now so have to put mumsnet down!

Oh there's a genuine follow on thread!

Have just given Spider a dog biscuit on her attempt at a TAAT. Oops

Sorry 2tired. Wrong of me to generalise. At least one would

I don't understand where you are coming from UrgentNews or agree with you on any level but that doesn't mean you are insane

I'd use his corpse to ride to freedom

Getting told off now so have to put mumsnet down!

Ltb and get a dog :)

Never mind a stranger - it's debatable I'd choose my husband over my dog. He weighs 97 kilos and I struggle to shove him back over to his side of the bed when he strays in the night. The chances of me being able to drag him unconscious from a burning building are pretty much nil. Now if he were conscious he'd be yelling at me 'go for the dog, you dozy twunt!'.

Does that make me reprehensible or pragmatic?