We have already established that people do not deserve to be classified as 'civilised' beings, but as the days go by I am beginning to think we as a species do not deserve to share the planet with other creatures.
Just yesterday a friend rescued a dog that was the victim of wonton and brutal treatment at the hands of a human and today I read in the papers about people making 'crush' films that feature teenage girls being forced to torture and kill small animals. Apparently these films are popular among a large number of people who get sick thrills from watching cruelty.
What does this make us? Is this what we are proud of? The great human race?
We have laws that protect us against abuse at the hands of other people - and allegedly there are laws that protect animals too - so why is it so hard to enforce these laws? And where do we start - with figuing out why humans feel the need to torture and mutilate defenceless animals? or why other humans don't feel the need to stop it?
There are those who would argue that the world has more important things to deal with - such as humans themselves being ill treated and starved and killed. To them I say - If your hair is a mess and you have a toothache - whill you go to the dentist without brushing your hair? Is it not possible to tackle two or more problems at once and if not then what happened to the 'superior intelligence' that we claim to posess?
There is just so much to be said and done I really dont know where to start. The levels of ignorance among people is probably the best place to begin, being as it is, the origin of issues like these.
I am probably a little incoherent with the anger I feel right now at what happened, so please all of you - feel free to write in with opinions and suggestions - it would be most welcome. You can mail it to petchef.blr@gmail or leave a comment below - but please, dont stay silent, this is just the first step and every voice counts.
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