“We have created a hell on this earth for other creatures. Our abuse of animals is the final savagery; the final outrage of mankind in a long history of savagery and outrage. Instead of learning from other animals, instead of attempting to communicate with them, we abuse, torture and kill them. We diminish ourselves in a hundred different ways through our cruelty and our ignorance and our thoughtlessness. “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn and his inhumanity to not-men makes the planet a ball of pain and terror,” wrote J. Howard Moore.
If man were truly the master of the universe, he would use his wisdom and his power to increase the comfort and happiness of all other creatures. But, tragically, man has used his wisdom and his power to increase their misery. Animal abusers imprison millions of animals in cruel and heartbreaking conditions and ignore their cries of pain and distress on the grounds that animals are not “sentient creatures.” What self-delusional nonsense this is. Sheep and cattle are left out in huge fields in cold, wet weather. They shiver and search in vain for shelter because all the trees and hedgerows have been removed to make the farm more efficient. The animal-abusing farmer cares not one jot for animals: he cares only for his profits.”
We also have bunnies & groundhogs.
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It breaks my heart to see any animal suffer. I can’t stand it. Even on our small piece of land in a little town, we feed wildlife…deer, squirrels, raccoons, grey foxes, birds… We had a very sickly red fox show up. It died a week later. Ken’s attorney, Sam, across the street, was pissed. He said he recognized that it had been poisoned. There are people in town that fancy themselves as homesteaders and they know nothing. Foxes will come after chickens. These people think they can free range them in town & not protect them, properly. So, they poison wildlife. Sam took the poor fox & buried him on his ranch.
I love Vernon Coleman. Sam’s last name is Coleman, too…BTW…
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