Sloths should be forced to wear shoes

1, "Why force the sloths to adapt to wearing shoes when they can just adapt to living in trees even better? " -- We have no way of knowing whether it sloths would do better in trees then they would on the floor. Also hanging from the trees can make sloths even more visible targets for hunters then a algae covered sloth inching his way through the forest. -- 1.1, "Shoes would only force them to have to adapt to the ground" -- Exactly. .. this could help them adapt to a possibly better lifestyle then being hunted in the trees where they are more clear targets for poachers. -- 2, "Sloths should not be forced to use their claws to fight any more than need be" -- This could be said for almost every animal with a way to defend itself, Also [1]"The main predators of sloths are the jaguar, the harpy eagle, and humans". Each of these are capable of reaching a sloth whilst they are in trees. If we had shoes on the sloth they would have to be on the floor giving them a better chance to defend themselves from these predators. --Ex: If a sloth is caught in a tree by the eye of a hungry jaguar or harpy eagle would it have a better chance of defending itself in a tree? where its claws are used to hold itself up? Or, would it be a better chance to fight them off when they are on the floor and have full use of there claws through there claw-cut shoes? Of course the use of its claws would be more useful then to slowly attempt to crawl to safety. -- 3, "If the sloths can't take off their shoes, their liberty is being horribly obstructed" --If we put shoes on the sloths then they would be on the floor more. Would this not give them more roaming room then if they were to live there lives in the restricted space of trees? -- --Also lets not forget that they would have "claw-cut shoes" that their claws could get through so they could still (with more effort) climb a tree. Since it would take (more effort) they would be less inclined to do so. Thus the sloths would have to adapt to life anew on the forest floor. If anything this increases there range of mobility. -- 4,"People who fund zoos and shelters do it in the name of animal freedom" --Sure, If there definition of freedom is to put once free animals into a cage. If they truly wished for them to be free they would not constrict them to the confines of a cage, just for the entertainment of families. There are a few definitions to the word "freedom" though I find this one to be most suitable for this statement. [2]"In Philosophy is the right or ability to act according to ones will without being held up by the power of others". Putting sloths in a cage does not give them freedom, it restricts them even more then if we had put shoes on them. At least if we had put shoes on them they would have more space to roam because they would move to the floor because of the extra effort they would need to put out to stay on trees with shoes. -- 4.1, "They would not agree to spend their money to restrict the freedom of sloths. " --Again, putting them in cages is restricting them of there freedom. -- 4.2, "My opponent that sloths could not be hunted while they wear shoes (unfounded). " --If we had invested into putting the shoes on them then why would we let hunters hunt for them anymore? we have made hunting other animals illigel, why not sloths? [3]There is only 6 species of them left so why hunt them? 4.3, "However, this would only result in an entire section of the economy (sloth hunting) collapsing, and this money would not just go to the sloths, as the would-be hunters would rather kill the sloths than give them sloths, and the forced redirection of a man's wealth is tyranny" --If hunting sloths did infact become illegal after the act of investing money into putting shoes on them, then of course hunters would stop buying sloth hunting accessories. This would make companies stop making slot hunting items, thus saving money. 5, "My opponent calls the idea that a picture can change a fact" --Sunglasses on a sloth would be epic. -- Again I have given reason/answer all of which were valid toward how and why putting shoes on sloths would benefit the sloths as a whole. [Vote Pro] [1]+[3] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] . http://en.wikipedia.org...(philosophy)