I am sad today. After reading the news about the brutal murder of a pregnant elephant at Kerala. We felt sad for that elephant for two or three days or posted stories regarding inhumanity or animal cruelty and asked for justice. But the irony is that many of you had chicken for your dinner. You must have seen dangling of chickens, trapped parrots, hunting of birds and selling their fur and the list goes on. Aren't they animals? Why are we still silent?
Do you know how cruel humans are?
The virtue of benevolence requires that we should be kind to
animals as much as to our fellowmen. But humans have crossed their limits when
news came from Kerala that a wild pregnant elephant strayed into a village near
Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad and is suspected to have
eaten a food item with firecrackers stuffed in it which some villagers gave her to eat. These firecrackers exploded in
the elephant's mouth and in pain, this elephant walked for days in agony and
died standing on 27 May.
When people from the whole world heard about this incident, people showed kindness towards this elephant. But what about those animals who suffer on a daily basis. You may sound it harsh but need to know that billions of chickens and goats are slaughtered for food in one day. If you are outraged over the killing of elephant and eating Tunday kebab on the weekends, then you are just against the way an animal should be killed not animal killing.
When one man oppresses another, the sufferer can utter his
complaint; he can point out his oppressor, but when it comes to animals, Is it
their fault that they can neither utter a complaint nor going to describe other
of his wrong ? Superiority of position gives no right to inflict unnecessary
pain to others.
How do we stop animal cruelty? What you can do?
Though there is a punishment against violation of the laws
for animal cruelty still harsher punishments are needed so that the criminal
would not even think to do the crime. Most of the time the punishment is not in proportion
to the crime.
We should raise our voices for the voiceless so that an inhuman killer will be convicted for harming the innocent animals.
Be a Vegan:
It's a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, dairy
products, eggs, and the food which is processed using animals.
So let's take an oath that "We will treat animals as we
treat our fellowmen and make our mother earth a better place to live in."
Vedant Anantwar 😃😃
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