Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Ignoring It Won't Make It Go Away
This post is specifically for those who don’t get it. Too many people do not understand the difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Too many people make a mockery of those who say they support animal welfare because they think of groups like PETA who do more harm to animals than they help. Too many people think animal abuse is funny or that joking about it is funny. I find it as funny as joking about child abuse. Why don’t more of these people joke about beating the shit out of a kid? Because it’s not funny. Neither is beating the shit out of an animal or some other form of torture.
Many people did not understand the uproar over Michael (spit) Vick. They thought people were overreacting and they were mad at all of the “bitchy little animal rights” people. Too many people just have no fucking idea what type of torture many animals endure every day. I guarantee you that as you read this, an animal is being tortured or abused in a horrific manner.
I thought very long and hard about including these photos on my main page. I know it’s going to be upsetting for some people. I know some will be angry that I didn’t put them, “below the fold”. I know some people will not understand why I am doing what I’m doing no matter how I explain it. I thought maybe I should put them hidden with a warning.
Then I thought, no. Absolutely not. People do need to see what animals are going through. Maybe if they see it, they will wake the fuck up and actually DO something about it, no matter how small, and change the mindset that too many have that animals and the abuse of them is a joke. These are living, breathing creatures and it’s sickening the way people in this world treat them. These are not objects. They are not merely tools. They are not something to be tossed aside when you are done or bored with them or find them useless anymore. These are living, breathing creatures.
A lot of people try to say that animals don’t have any emotions or feelings. Of course they do not have the complex emotions or feelings that human beings do but anyone who thinks animals have no emotions and no feelings have never had a pet, have never studied animals, have never had any empathy. I’ve known some of these types of people in my life. On the surface, they appear to be wonderful people. As time goes on, you find out that they are some of the most shallow, insensitive, uncaring, rudest, unempathetic people you will ever know. I have no use for people like this and I let them know it.
Now, then....here are some images that you should find upsetting. If you do not find these photos upsetting, you may need to seek some sort of psychiatric help because there is something very wrong with you. That’s not just my opinion, it’s been proven and I am serious in my urging for you to seek professional help. You need it in a bad way.
I want you to think about your pet as you view these images. Or, if you don’t have a pet, any animal that you have come across in your lifetime that meant anything good to you whether it was a pet you had in the past, a neighbor’s pet, friend’s pet or just some random animal.
China is notorious for caging up dogs like this before they take them to slaughter for food. These dogs could be in these cages, cramped like this, for hours, days, weeks. Some dogs are caged up to be used as live shark bait. The “fishermen” take a gigantic hook, insert it through the snout of the dog, slice its throat so that they bleed and then toss them over the side as bait for shark hunting. And they see absolutely nothing wrong with this.
Let me ask you all a question: Why is it not okay to do this with humans? I don’t mean that in a mean spirited way, I mean, seriously, why is it not okay to do this with humans? Does it have something to do with intelligence, the food chain and things like that? Then what on earth makes people think it’s okay to do this to dogs? Dogs are highly intelligent, have feelings, show loyalty, are pack animals, are higher up the food chain than fish.....so why ok with dogs? Would there be an uproar if some were using humans as shark bait? Of course there would. But the outcry when doing this to dogs is less.....granted, they aren’t humans but they are higher up than fish. So why isn’t there more outrage over this? Maybe its’ because people don’t know it’s going on and what it looks like.
The next time you pet your dog or any dog, remember this:
Does that bother you? Can you imagine it happening to your dog? Think it can’t? Better hope that your dog never gets lost. Not all lost dogs are returned and not all of them die out there from exposure, an accident, starvation or from attack by another animal. Some people in this world seek out lost and stray dogs for this very purpose. I hope that you are appalled enough to do something about it, no matter how small it is, do something because this is not right.
