animals have feelings too
when you look into a hounds eyes
and know what it is thinking as he howls
with fright from the approaching storm
you know that animals have feelings too
when you see a mother horse
kiss her baby for the first time
with the warmth in her eyes
as she nuzzles her new born
you know that animals have feelings too
when you see a mother elephant
reach out her trunk to her baby
as her baby cries for her mom in loss
you know that animals have feelings too
many dolphins spilling blood
all down a clear blue stream
all you hear are the shrieks
from the pain they feel
you know that animals have feelings too
I see many hunters gloating over
there brand new kill
that was taken just for sport
and they failed to see
you know animals have feelings too
I feel that if someone takes the time to see around themselves they will see that animals are treated in a very inhumane way. I see dolphins, seals, elephants, rhinos and even the fearsome shark being slaughtered in inhumane ways. So many people just don’t care to look out on the streets and see people dump a pet out on the cold lonely country and no one cares to see that it gets a caring home. I’ve seen stray pets get hit by cars and no one stop to see if the animal is in need of a vet. And yet I see so many mothers teach their children what all of these animals names are and they all fail to see that this world would be a sad lonely place with out the splash of a fish, the glare of a tiger, the smell of a skunk, the warble of a robin and the color of a peacock but yet I see no one trying to protect the animals that we see and hear every day.
By, Deborah Fuller
Margot Kiesskalt
An insightful and thoughtful journal. I completely agree with the sentiments that you express. I can’t understand people who don’t appreciate that animals, birds and marine species are sentient beings, which are capable of feeling pain and distress, joy and contentment. One only has to observe to form this conclusion. Why, then, do we ignore the suffering of so many species which are utilised in our food chain – e.g. cage egg production, sows kept in tiny, confined spaces, etc.
Deborah Fuller replied
Thank you Margot you are kind hearted.
Angel312
I just wanted to say that I think it is great what you have written here. I have recently been introduced to a cause that I find very disheartening, but a wonderful organization has come out of this…chained or confined dogs. This is just a little except of the last article I read, “The fact pattern leading up to the death in July 2007 of Tiffany Pauley, a 5-year-old Atlanta girl with Down Syndrome, is typical of many of these attacks: a child wanders into a neighbor’s yard and wants to pet the chained dog, but the angry, perpetually chained animal attacks when it feels its space is threatened. The dog’s caretakers then claim that there was nothing they could have done, unaware that the very method of confinement to which they subjected their dog led directly to the animal’s aggression.” Physically, I am very limited right now due to a back injury but I have made up my mind that there has got to be something that I can do, even if it’s just putting up a few little flyers to open eyes. Just thought you might be interested in this little piece of info seeing your writing here.
Gail(angel312)
Deborah Fuller replied
Thank you Angel I agree that there are many organizations that are willing to help Dolphins, sealions, tigers, panthers, birds, animals we will not see again in the future, die because someone wanted to show it off as a coat, stuffed or because of it’s ivory. And I agree that there are many organizations that help domestic animals too. They just need our support. to help the creachers that can’t speak for them selves. I’m not into being a vegetarian but I do feel that animals need to be treated humanely. I have had my dog on a chain but it was on a run and in storms my dog came inside. she was the sweetest dog and the best dog I ever owned, She lived to be 13 years old.