Originally Posted by
NormalCitizen
I never said peta wasn't stupid, I said pokemon is inhumane. Don't put words in my mouth.
Pokemon isn't inhumane.
Caught pokemon are quickly domesticated like the common house dog while building a deep emotional bond with their trainer. In the anime, if the Pokemon would be happier in the wild, they're released. Examples:
Ash's Charizard- Ash loses his strongest Pokemon because he wanted Charizard to be happy with the Charizard training ground.
Ash's Butterfree- Soon as Ash's Butterfree found its soulmate Ash lets it free to live happily.
Ash's Pikachu- Ash's best friend is still left with the option to live with a damn tribe of Pikachus. Ash ran away and Pikachu came and ran back to him because they were such amazing friends.
It's been detailed time and time again that Pokemon are competitive whether it be fights or beauty pageants. They want to battle, it happens in the wild without trainers anyways.
There's nothing inhumane about it.