Animal Abuse

Every living being in this universe is born with a soul as pure as a dove; a soul that knows nothing and wants nothing. As the mind grows, the soul tends to grow as well and as human beings, we progress in this aspect more than the others. We call ourselves the superiors and treat the rest as submissive. We fail to remind ourselves that we were all born alike and we are all part of the same big family. This is the one reason why we show no mercy to the voiceless and act so cruelly towards them. The other day, I was reading this article on animal abuse about a dog named Oggy. He was brought home when he was ten weeks old. He was tied to a stake and used as bait for a pit bull. The left side of his face including most of his ear were torn off. He was bitten so hard that a piece of his lower jaw was crushed. Then, he was thrown into a cage and left to bleed to death. He was found by police and then taken to an emergency service. There, the doctors empathized with his situation and simply refused to allow him to die. They operated on him for several hours and replaced his lost blood. After all their hard work, fortunately, Oggy survived. This is just a story of one dog, but there are many more. Some get attended and others just die uncared for. The Humane Society of United States, commonly known as HSUS, estimates that nearly 1 million animals a year

are abused or killed in connection with domestic violence and it is none but us who enact so harshly with these poor beings. We mistreat them and kill them for our pleasure; we tie them on leashes and chains and cage them just because we love them. Think for a moment and ask yourselves what kind of love is this which makes someone distressed. If you so much want to pour out all our love, feed them, care for them and most importantly, unleash them.

-Pihu Yadav