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Blog: This Mass Slaughter And Abuse Is Really Happening  



As I sit here sipping my morning coffee the thought crossed my mind yet again that I'm so glad to have found the Care2 site so that I can help make a difference in all the bad things in our world....As i was sipping and feeling so smug,it hit me.This is not just petitions to sign and comments to make and pretty pictures to look at....This nightmare of abuse,starvation,destruction of habitat,and seemingly total lack of concern on the part of the powers that be is REAL. As I sit and ponder the actions I'm taking trying to change situtations that should not even exist in a world I want to live in,there is BLOOD and FEAR,and PAIN,and NOT UNDERSTANDING,and CRUEL DEATHS and it is all HAPPENING EVERY DAY...I live in a world that is so beautiful,filled with creatures that are wonderous,and I share this world with monsters that destroy,maim,and kill the animals they should be fighting to protect...They torture and experiment on our domestic animals and our primates in the name of science and greater understanding.Well if thats what it takes to understand,I want to be left in the dark,never understanding....As I can't grasp WHY  anyone would fall to greed for money and lust for power,ignoring the brutal deaths that are happening as they dig and drill and mine and kill or cause the death of the animals I want my child to be able to grow up and see.I want my son to see our wildlife healthy,in a thriving habitat with room to roam and raise healthy young. I fear that by the time my son is an adult,there will be animals that are extinct,he will only see them in pictures...My greatest fear is my son growing up in a world where the powers that be would allow all of the destruction and killing to happen at all,let alone go on and on. Where animal rights and protection of our wildlife and forests and water and even the air we breathe is a fight,not a given. It breaks my heart to think of the suffering and hardship the wildlife endure just trying to survive in a world where killing is considered a sport by some and a passtime by others...I just don't understand why man has to be so greedy and cruel and thoughtless as to what he is really doing to living,breatheing,feeling,thinking creatures....How can these people sleep at night? How can they look their children in the eye and claim to be doing the best they can? What will their answers be when their children are old enough to ask questions or are they training them as they grow that abuse,cruelty,and destruction are justified in the name of money? I've never wished to be wealthy untill this morning.I've always been happy with enough,thats all I've asked.This morning I wished to be disgustingly rich,just to have money to fight the ones that destroy and harm the animals I've always loved and cherished.To be able to fly to Alaska and stand between the club and the baby seal,to pay to have someone rip the wiring from the helicopters that chase down the wolves as the hunters shoot them....To go and cut the fences the ranchers put up to block the mustangs from water and food,left fenced in to die from starvation and thirst.Yes,I wish I was rich....I'd no doubt be bonding myself out of jail on a regular basis....I teach my son respect for all living things,not to ever hunt for money or trophy and there is no pleasure in killing.I teach him he must never take what he can't give,which is life....Why can't everyone teach these basic rules? Why can't we have a class on mercy in our school's? How do I explain to my child that the earth and the creatures that call it home are being destroyed every day by the very people who should be fighting to protect  them for our children and the future? As all these thoughts and more cross my mind and run through my heart I feel such an incredible sadness that things are as they are.A sadness so deep as I think that even as I type somewhere an animal is being hunted for sport,or tortured for science,or killed for the fur on it's body.The blood and the pain and the fear are all so real and happening all the time....I pledge to always do what I know in my heart and soul to be right,to protect and serve however I can to ensure the future of our planet and the creatures who inhabit it. To teach my son to enjoy nature and all of her secrets.To never forget that behind all the words there is real blood,real pain,and the loss of our very souls if we don't stand up and fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.Speak for those who have no voice,to celebrate our victorys and cry when we lose,to never give up,never back down. I will teach my son compassion,empathy,kindness,and respect.That the measure of a man isn't in his wallet,but whats in his heart. I will teach him love and understanding and that power,real power isn't in what is destroyed but what is saved. That honesty and mercy are and should be given as well as received. I will teach him never to forget the beauty of life,and love,and to enjoy all the Creator has given and to care for and protect it to the best of his ability.To reach for knowledge,but do what his heart tells him is right. To cherish and protect the wildlife and the domestic animals.That the red fox is just as important as the grizzly bear,there are no favorites when fighting for whats right for all.Above all else,I hope to teach him to love these creatures as I have and continue to love them.That there are worse names to be called than "tree hugger"... I want him to beleive not only in the life,but in the soul of every creature we are honered to have on this planet....

Posted: Thursday March 2, 2006, 5:12 am
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