Does yoga with goats and animals in general hide a form of violence?
Goat Yoga is the tendency to do certain meditation exercises in the company of goats. It may seem soothing and tender, but what is it really hiding?
Goat Yoga, or the art of relaxing in the company of goats. Authentic animal entertainment that has taken off in the States. But a question spontaneously arises: is it not a question of exploitation? Does yoga with goats and animals in general hide a form of violence?
In short, if one of the fundamental principles of yoga is "ahimsa", that is "do no damage", The use of goats could be considered a real type of abuse if only one considers, for example, that the puppies - those used for yoga - quickly become adults and therefore the centers, the so-called"Petting zoos"(The" petting zoos ") have to replace them often.
Therefore, the shadow of the intensive breeding and a cruel cycle of unbridled reproduction, abandonment and killing. Not bad for a yoga session ...
Where do the goats come from? Are they exploited? What happens next, when they're not cute and small enough to stand on people's shoulders? Are they sent to the slaughterhouse?
A quick Google search on "Goat Yoga" will bring up a series of farms, mostly stars and stripes, in which they are ready to invite you to be nibbled by goats, comfortably perch on your back while you give yourself to karma, and a such a long list of therapeutic and relaxing benefits.
Few, very few, are those who rather show the other side of the coin. In recent months, the news of a "Petting zoo" in New South Wales, Australia, which currently hangs 10 copies of the accusation for cruelty and mistreatment after some of his animals were found dehydrated and malnourished and developed diarrhea and infections.
In addition to allowing the neglect and abuse that often occurs in petting zoos, the use of goats for yoga also contributes to an endless and cruel cycle of reproduction and killing. Cubs quickly become adult goats, so for yoga they need to be replaced and, as there is a small market for goat meat in Australia, males are often killed as soon as they get too big to be used in petting zoos. used for milk, the females end up in the dairy sector where they will be forcibly impregnated over and over and their young traumatically torn from their mothers.
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The Goat Yoga trend may seem cute, but goats are intelligent and inquisitive animals, known to be patient, they are not selfie objects. And how we deal with theirs disastrous? Some experts have also indicated that lying on your back on a lawn with goats all around you is putting yourself in the middle of an outbreak of pathogens, including E-coli and salmonella, since the area surrounding an animal's enclosure it can be full of bacteria.
In short, a yoga session with goats is not that fun and it is not even ethical, so if you are looking for something satisfying for body and mind that allows you to interact with animals but not damage them directly or indirectly, have you ever thought to volunteer for them?
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