I dunno why , perhaps I am a little odd ..perhaps I feel that the animals are trying to communicate with me ...I hear them scream ... I hear them cry and I hear them pleading for their life - a boring life or maybe slavery actually.
I believe the practice of human using animals to be their pets had started since time immemorial ...but due to the advance in technology and science and explosion of new age - human taste has also become more sophisticated ...nowadays not only traditionally domesticated animals are being used as so called Pets but even wild animals joined the bandwagon.
My first question is " Have the human race ever , ever ask the permission from the animals if they can take them or BUY them off the shelf as pet ? Have they asked the animal if they like being caged and be at the mercy of the so called owner ? have they ask themselves if what they are doing is humane and moral ? I guess average human being would not even think of this ....perhaps it has become some form of culture in almost every countries. ...perhaps...we have, over time . categorise animal as a being created by god, but does not have rights, freedom or choice . We human, fought for human rights and freedom in many so many corners of the world and yet every single day we take away the freedom of those animals. Human being can be so forgetful indeed.
They can give the regular lame excuse of " well, I am sure I can provide better food and accomodation " to those animals. But may I ask them , what is life without freedom ? Or are they willing to swap place with those pets ? I hope that if you are a pet owner, please try to think of this rationally and in a humane way. Your dogs or cats may be wagging their tails..but can you communicate with them ? can you ask them if this is the life they want ?
Another example of human being taking advantage of animals is shows, performance or circus involving animals or marine life. The excuse of education is primitive. Why can human visit those animals in the jungles ? Why do we have to force the seals , dolphins, otters, lions, tigers, elephants, horses and many more to do those tricks to make us laugh ? Are we human so lack of entertainment ? Do we not have better ways to teach our children ? This is the case of animal exploitation ...this is the case of human forgeting the very cause that they are fighting for themselves - most got it now SO they forgot and start snatching it away from animals..Shame on each of us ...shame on us for bringing our children along and teaching them that it is fine to cage animals, take away their life and freedom and force them to perform and entertain us....
Perhaps I might be wrong ...but what do you think ?
