Animal Abuse Must Stop!
I received this as a comment in my post Brutal Killings and Acts of Unspeakable Horror…
“Lately I’ve been very emotionally troubled and depressed about all the horrible violence that goes on in our world, not just humans hurting other humans, but humans hurting animals too. I am a huge animal lover and recently have seen some horrible videos about the treatment of cows in slaughterhouses, and even worse, the fur trade in China where animals including dogs and cats are often skinned alive. What I have seen is too horrific for words and beyond my comprehension.
“Now I read, in Canada the baby seal hunt is going to start in less than a month and over 300k will be bludgeoned to death at 3 months of age. It breaks my heart to know how many helpless animals are suffering in this way every second of the day. I can’t get these images and thoughts out of my head and is affecting me terribly.
“How can God let this happen? Why is our world so evil and violent? I don’t want to be in a world like this, but there’s no escape and I feel helpless. I can’t help these animals being tortured and killed in China every day. I can’t save 300k baby seals. I can pray and sign petitions, but it still all feels in vain. I guess I am mainly concerned about animals because they are helpless and have no voice, although the amount of pain inflicted on humans by other humans is horrendous too.
“Why does this all have to happen? Why doesn’t God intervene instead of allowing all this suffering to simply prove a point of some sort or make us learn a lesson? I am to the point where I am angry with God over this. I just don’t understand and I feel so lost. If anyone can help give me peace of mind in some way I would appreciate it. Thanks.”
Dear Holly, thank you for your questions and for letting me post my response in a blog such as this. Many people think and feel the way you do. I used to think and feel this way too. At times my answers here in this blog may seem harsh. I do not mean to offend you or others. I do mean to wake people up and motivate them to make a greater commitment to their own healing process.
We are ALL responsible for the state our world is in. And it will take more than a few people to solve issues as big as these you are mentioning and the many others that plague our world today. There is no way we can get the masses of people to all change without a large base of leaders who we can rely upon to take up the work necessary with integrity, wisdom and courage. Hopefully everyone who reads this will take it as a wake up call from someone who loves life, loves humanity, loves the animals and the planet we live on, and loves all of God’s creation.
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March 21st, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Thanks for the add Michael, and I hope you continue the wise work, cheers.
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 am
It’s really horrible that there are people out there that will do these types of things.
It’s important to make a stand if you see someone doing something like this. Don’t just turn the other cheek to it.
Thanks for sharing.
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March 22nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Animals are always among the most helpless types.
Poor thing…
Thanks for adding me. You have a nice blog.
I’ll be back often!!!
Have a good day
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March 23rd, 2008 at 4:38 am
Thanks for adding me to your neighborhood, and thanks for creating such a great blog! Lots of thought provoking articles and comments here.
I realize that blogs about animal abuse are not as ‘popular’ as blogs about current celebrities and other trivial nonsense, but I feel compelled to do something to raise awareness about the abuse that goes on in many Indian Reserves throughout Canada. (see my blog: http://respectmeansyou.blogspot.com
Closing our eyes to what is going on will not stop the abuse, for sure.
Because Canada is such a huge country with so few people, (only 31 million, which is the population of California!) there is a real problem in trying to update our animal cruelty laws here across so many different provinces. Animal cruelty laws have not been changed since 1892 in Canada. Bit outdated, wouldn’t you say? Animals are still considered property here and have no rights. People caught harming or killing an animal get no jail time & are seldom fined. This needs to change, and fast. I hope you will check out my blog, and take a moment to send an email to our politicians to SUPPORT Bill C-373, which will really add teeth to our current inadequate laws. Many Americans do not support seal slaughter and I believe this is equally as important an issue. Indian Reserves in Canada currently are not punished for companion animals killed within their Reserve. The law needs to serve everyone equally and should make no distinction between Indian and non Indian. Anyone who abuses an animal should be punished. The connection between people who abuse animals going on to abuse (or worse, kill) humans is strong and has been proven by many animal groups, such as Humane Society of the US. Please lend your voice to this and help our companion animals by pushing Bill C-373 to make it law! Would love to hear from anyone who has any suggestions or comments. Thank you for your time!
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March 26th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Hi, new here. I have been helping and attempting to save the animals for over 20 years. I once lived in a small country town in Cleveland MS. They had more animals in there shelter which they euthanized daily due to lack of space-this place was a 1/4 of the size of a major city, very sad.
They also had Pitt Bull breeding for fighting purposes as well as rooster fighting. I saw first hand when I first moved there ( only because I married a bumpkin) at least a dozen Pitts chained to a tire and a dog house, as well as roosters chained by their ankles as well to the yard. The roosters supposedly belonged to a Sherriff-who had cock fights on a regular basis. I was upset and wanted to report everything to the ASPCA but I was warned not to-
I would never have been able to find my way back to what I had seen in either situation-and no one was willing to help me out of fear. I have been back in Fla. for 6 years now trying to forget the HUNTING, gunshots, etc. I did bring back 3 strays with me.
5 months ago my newest found me while I was walking one of my dogs-he was chipped-never registered, I ran ads everywhere, no one cared. I kept him.
I could never understand why anyone would ever be so cruel and not care?
Any human that could harm an animal could kill a human without thinking twice, I do believe.
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
powerful !!!