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Animals Also Feel Pleasure, Love, And Pain
Edward Freeman has rightly said, “The awful wrongs and
sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race form the
blackest chapter in the whole world's history." God created all life forms
with equal care and love. As man loves freedom, so do all forms of animals. Man
uses animals for his pleasure, entertainment and convenience. This is man’s
cruelty to animals! Have animals ever encroached into man’s world and hunted
him? Has any animal ever encaged any man? If man were treated with the same
cruelty, how would he feel? Certainly, he would feel the pain, hurt, suffering,
and torture if being in the cage?
Animals are equally precious and should equally share God’s earth
and should not be caged at all. They should be in the wilderness with their
families. Animals should live in their natural habitat and be allowed to roam
freely because animals’ natural instincts will vanish if they are caged in
zoos. Also, some animals are forced to live in climates that they are not
accustomed to and this is cruel. For example, the elephant is accustomed to
live in tropical climates but is forced to live in zoos in cold countries like
Canada.
Animals feel pain and pleasure, and have emotions. Those who
have kept pets in their life at one p know animals feel pain and pleasure. Have
you ever seen a pet dog’s joy when he sees his master returning home after a
day’s work? Have you ever seen a pet’s sadness when its master is separated
from it for a long time? There are many real life incidents in all parts of the
world that are touching examples of animals’ understanding and care towards
human beings. Some famous books such as ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The War Horse’, and
certain movies such as ‘The Eight Below’, ‘War Horse’, ‘Jungle Book’, etc.
endorse the argument that animals are not only emotional, they are intelligent
also.
So we must treat them with respect. We must not subject them to pain, separation from their habitat or natural environment. We must stop exploiting and killing them for fun and food.