RE: Animals As Pets
I have yet to see the caging environment that satisfies many of the stimuli found in the three groups I mentioned. Humans, like other highly socialized creatures, can (and have been) be kept in an enclosure, can be denied interaction within and among societal groups and subgroups, and can be denied the variety of materials and stimuli humans have been known to make use of in life. In case one has not examined these situations, the animal (human) is very much alive and perhaps even healthy by general physiological metrics. However, the animal (human) is often not "whole".
Adequate dietary and shelter needs are fundamental to the probability of physical health. There is much more to health than food and warmth, though.
To be clear, too, the "wild" and nature are very cruel (technically, indifferent) places and contexts. I do not discount that.
I have yet to see the caging environment that satisfies many of the stimuli found in the three groups I mentioned. Humans, like other highly socialized creatures, can (and have been) be kept in an enclosure, can be denied interaction within and among societal groups and subgroups, and can be denied the variety of materials and stimuli humans have been known to make use of in life. In case one has not examined these situations, the animal (human) is very much alive and perhaps even healthy by general physiological metrics. However, the animal (human) is often not "whole".
Adequate dietary and shelter needs are fundamental to the probability of physical health. There is much more to health than food and warmth, though.
To be clear, too, the "wild" and nature are very cruel (technically, indifferent) places and contexts. I do not discount that.