Animal Abuse

-Paul McCartney 

I'm currently researching french phrases about animal abuse for my french exam tomorrow (which is torture by the way), but in doing that, I got inspired to write about it.

The maltreatment of animals in today's world is definitely another major upsetting thing. I get physically upset seeing dogs on the streets that I know have no home to go back to; no nice fire to lie in front of, no food, no comfort or anything of that sorts. Why people abandon their animals on the side of the roads, and often tie them to gates to let them die is just beyond me. It gets under my skin! Fair enough, the economy is terrible and you may not be able to provide for it anymore, but for heaven's sake, give it to an animal shelter or someone who would like a pet and would be able to give it a good home, anything else but abandoning it and allowing it to slowly die!

Many other people just beat their pets. Like, why? WHY?! What benefit do you get from beating an innocent animal who respects you and looks up to you?! Those kind of people are one of the worst kinds of people in this world. 

I often watch the animal rescue programes, and I don't know why because I often get so distraught from them, but what some of those animals go through is horrible. No human should go through it, so why would an animal have to either? We're all living things after all.

Circus's are another thing that turn my stomach. Not just because they're horrible places, but many circuses are beyond cruel to animals. They take animals such as elephants, tigers and monkeys from their natural habitat, thousands of miles from their homes and beat them brutally in order to make them do a handstand or balance on a football or jump through hoops or something else that's totally stupid. ANIMALS WERE NOT BORN TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS OR DO HANDSTANDS. When dogs do it, it's cute because they get a nice treat after it like a dog biscuit or something. But when animals native to other continents do it, it's just not right. 

"Animals aren’t actors, spectacles to imprison and gawk at, or circus clowns. Yet thousands of these animals are forced to perform silly, confusing tricks under the threat of physical punishment; are carted across the country in cramped and stuffy boxcars or semi-truck trailers; are kept chained or caged in barren, boring, and filthy enclosures; and are separated from their families and friends—all for the sake of human “entertainment.” Many of these animals even pay with their lives."

-PETA

This innocent innocent BABY elephant is being beaten and tied down and pushed and shoved in such ways in order to make him to tricks that he is naturally unable to do. WHY are people such hideous creatures? 

And the million dollar question: why do we test chemicals on innocent animals when there a paedophiles and rapists and murderers in prison? You could argue that it's against human rights, but didn't they violate somebody's human rights? Their right to feel safe? Isn't that the reason why their in jail? 

Animal-testing is against animal rights as well and it should be stopped. Like right now.

If you see any animals being beaten, or any animal in bad conditions or is starving or it is need of urgent attention, do something and don't just stand there! You'd be saving a life.

(WARNING: tears will be shed)

This next video is the exact reason I became a vegetarian over a year ago. It is sick, disgusting, and terribly upsetting. I genuinely cried while I watched it. 
Watch it completely at your own risk, and if you feel like it's too much, don't feel as if you have to watch it all. It gets worse and worse, so don't feel obliged to watch it. It's entirely at your own risk.

(WARNING: contains gruesome imagery that viewers may find upsetting. Watch entirely at your own will.)

"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. 
Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love"
- Pythagoras