Animal Abuse

'Do not disturb our habitat'

What a joke. If you can read this you already did.

The average person is not happy with nature, it is a source of annoyance. Part of nature are plants and animals and after that comes man the worst beast there is.

Everything must disappear for man's convenience. We find it strange when a snake lies in front of the door, a fox walks on the roof, cats and monkeys steal from the kitchen and we conveniently forget that the panther lying on the veranda was there before us and it is us living in the panther's territory not the other way around.

The human has few skills compared to animals, he's not fast, a runner and ignores instinct, whines over the smallest scratch and believes he is a real man if he shoots an elephant.

I am certainly not against death, nor against eating and killing animals, but I am against exploitation. Just as in the human world, female animals in particular are exploited, abused, dumped and slaughtered, while the males (especially the castrated ones) enjoy life on the lap unless already c consumed as a kid.

Not everyone is granted a long life, which applies to humans and animals. How nice it would be to at least be happy during that short time. As far as happiness is concerned, an animal does not ask for much, usually food, drink, a place to hide and feel safe is enough.

Within my animal shelter, I have seen a lot of suffering and also heard a lot of excuses as to why the once-coveted animal had to go. It didn't fit with the colour of the new couch, a divorce, a baby on the way or it no longer added anything extra to life. And there I was, heavily pregnant as a working single mother, receiving the discarded and severely harmed animals.

How labour-intensive is an animal?

Almost not if the owner lets the animal be, preferably in a (simulated) animal-specific environment. That is often not the case. Zoos are a good example of this. Almost every animal in a Zoo exhibits stereotypical (deviant) behaviour. This too is a form of animal abuse, just like half-starved animals and fattened lap dogs or purebred animals invented by man. Animals that cannot eat normally, give birth or whose eyes pop out of the skull are not cute but deformed! I am sure that if this happened to the child of those breeders, the parents and family would not find it adorable. Animal abuse also applies to an overly large skull, breathing problems and skin folds over the entire body that hangs over the eyes, folds between which wounds appear.

The dog, cat, sheep, cow and horse, just like birds, fish and human beings, are only worthy if they benefit people. If not they will be abandoned and become outlaws. What we humans seem to forget is that without nature, the cycle of life man can forget about life.

For those who do not close their eyes, all the animal suffering around them is visible, from birth to death (slaughter, dying for hunger, beaten to death or by a shot).

Most of us can't give an animal what it needs no matter how hard we try. Keeping a large dog in an apartment on the 6th floor which can only walk on a leash twice a day for 15 minutes is not a healthy and happy animal just because he doesn't have to live on the street.

By now it is a habit to put a knife in our best friend the dog/pet if we believe he is not behaving simply because he is a teenager.

It makes me wonder how many pet owners who did this also castrated their son, the one that behaves worse than any beast.

27-3-2024

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