Animal Cruelty

I wanted to talk about a recent event that has left me quite emotionally scarred. It is my intention to raise awareness about animal cruelty.
I recently read an email that was a petition against animal cruelty. Attached was a link to a website that had a video about the Chinese fur trade (I am unsure if it is really from China, the men in the video were speaking a language that didn’t sound like Chinese). The video started off with a bunch of men standing around some disorientated animals. I have never seen these animals before so I am unsure as to their species. One of the men took a bat like object and bashed one of the animals in the head. Another man took some of the others by their hind legs and smashed their heads into the ground. The animals were not killed but only left slightly knocked out. The men then proceeded to hang them upside-down and make a cut and pull the animal’s skin off. The animals were alive through the entire process. They were left to die. I knew that this happened; but knowing and seeing are two VERY different things.
This is just an example of what is happening all over the world. Many people have lost their respect for the creatures we share this world with. We’ve gone from having civilizations all over the world that worship, respect, and value the world’s creatures, to civilizations that value money and entertainment instead. This has led thousands of people to subject animals to cruel treatment. People have lost heart for what animals may feel in order to make some money off of these defenceless beings.
The fur trade is not the only area where animals are mistreated. There are many pets that are abused by their owners. There are even people who torture animals strictly for entertainment. I read about a man who once starved a dog to death in a studio as “art”.
There are many things we can do to prevent animal cruelty. We don’t have sovereignty in other countries and therefore have no say in their laws and regulations but we can do our best in this country. If anyone ever witnesses an event of cruelty, PLEASE, report it. There are many organizations that work toward prevention and ending events of animal cruelty and abuse. But they cannot do so alone. They need our help. There are two ways to help these kinds of organizations: we can adopt a pet, and/or we can donate to these organizations.