for the love of animals

“I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.” -Gary Larson

some of the idiot humans that live amongst us

see fit to slaughter the other species that coexist with us

on this planet

as if it was going out of season---

there are men & women

who dress up in funny bright colors & camo

to go rustling around in the woods

killing members of other species with their

advanced technology

to prove that humans are still superior,

as if any animal ever questioned it.

 

some breed animals to fight others for sport

so that more moronic humans can

bet moola on them---

some kill them, skin them & then weave them into

bushy coats & jackets to add that special “animal-like”

flavor to their attire, defending the obvious fashion move

by saying they just want to be warm for the winter.

 

there are humans who go even further to kill those animals

that have been deemed close to extinction,

they float around in ships and hurl harpoons

to kill off majestic whales who had the unfortunate circumstance

to be living in the anthropocene.

 

luckily, there are some of us who love animals

we love them because we understand our superiority in this world

& the utter ridiculousness that comes with the “need” to

kill them off in mass quantities,

slopping their carcasses on the production lines so that

some grossly overweight american can

have an early heart attack because they snort lines of bacon

like it was the purest cocaine this side of

columbia.

 

lovers of animals may walk a fine line,

wanting them to be free to live happy lives on the one hand

and then wanting to nurture & in receipt

be nurtured by these animals whose capacity for

companionship can be heavily underrated.

 

there are those that have “pets,”

which are often times animals that would not do well

on their own in the wild or in an urban environment---

for them, it seems easier to accept the taking of these

animals into loving homes

where they will most assuredly have a better life than they might have

outside,

however,

when it comes to those who have been stolen from other continents &

torn from their natural habitat,

in order to be put on display in a

zoo,

one can’t help but see the similarities in the various kinds of

slavery & oppression that we as humans have done to each other

being dealt to animals.

 

there are ways in which animals can cheer us up

or amaze us,

which other humans cannot do---

you certainly know the sexist saying about

dogs being a man’s best friend,

but i am sure that many women would argue the same

for themselves.

 

further respect can make one a vegetarian,

further respect can put someone out on the street with

various activist organizations who want the horrible treatment of these

creatures

stopped.

 

support them &

understand their real value---

there’s no time like the present.