The majority of us have had pets growing up; dogs, cats and many have had the pleasure of growing up with farm animals. We’ve felt the love and companionship and the joy of seeing that pet excited to see us when coming home. Many of us raced home to see them because in our hearts we knew they were anxiously waiting our arrival.
Movies and documentaries have depicted the all out love and loyalty shown to us by our non-human companions. One that comes to mind: Hatchi: A Dog’s Tale – a true story about an incredibly loyal friend to one man. Although this movie brought tears to most, we all felt the love presented by the amazing star of that film – Hatchi.
The thing that astonishes me, and many others like me, is how did humans become so disconnected to all other animals? Yes, many people still have the family pet – a domestic animal that keeps us company when we’re alone, sits on our laps while we watch television, or work on the computer.
But what about the pigs, cows, horses, chickens, turkey’s, ducks and others… that are just as sociable and loving. Why is there a difference drawn between who is loved and who is killed and eaten?
I was lucky as a youngster. I learned early in life about the companionship of ‘other’ animals, and found that pigs are as faithful and loving as dogs, but they are smarter. That chickens love us deeply as well as their offspring and anything else that needs love. Turkeys are curious and inquisitive and once they learn to trust their human, make the most amazing pets. Ducks can entertain us for hours and make us laugh. Cows are gentle giants who wouldn’t hurt anyone and have deep emotional ties to their young, other cows in the herd, and their humans. They sometimes babysit for other mothers who need a break.
Horses are amazing animals as well. But we now slaughter them too – and humans eat them. The incredibly majestic animals that carried us through wars, for travel, and were the most valuable beings man has known throughout history, now are tossed aside like common garbage. They were swift, easy to care for, reliable and now – for their service, we slaughter and eat them.
People in other countries eat domestic dogs and cats.
When you put them side by side, they are all the same. They feel, they love, they hurt, they cry, they moan, they feel joy, they love their babies and they WANT to live just as humans do – but sadly they lack a human voice.
Someday the world finally connect the dots… and realize they are ALL loving beings who deserve life as much as any human does. They are here for their own purposes, not to be bred and shoved in tiny warehouse cages so small they cannot even move or turn around, fattened up by growth hormones so they get so fat they can’t walk or move if they tried. Beaten for being too big to move… and basically, tossed aside as worthless.
Those of us who understand that this treatment to sentient beings is morally, spiritually, karmically and ethically wrong. They are despondent, and desperate for any kind of attention, obviously begging for someone to help them.
Why are there just a small group of us who can see the injustice here? Is it because other people just do not want to see what they cause when they consume them? Have others become numb? Or is it just selfishness?
I do know that our world cannot go on this way. That any animal that lives on planet earth deserves better. They evolved just as we did – they have a right to be here.
If you are still contributing to their pain and suffering – Please, consider the alternative. Watch a video (below) and learn what your choices are doing to beings that are our friends. They should be your friends too. What about them!?
Please care.
FARM ANIMAL HAVEN SANCTUARY 