Animal Abuse

Animals are sometimes treated as friends but are also

treated as enemies. We keep them as pets, but if it suits

us, we slaughter them in their own habitats and in

slaughterhouses.

If we could kill them in a quick and pain-free way,

like a special injection, which is not harmful to us, it

would be a lot nicer to the animals being killed. However,

the scenes in slaughterhouses are ones of bullying and

torture. The people hurt the animals in the most horrific

ways possible, for example, slitting their throats while

they are still alive and dropping them from great heights

to break their legs and necks and other bones. These are

just two of the many ways of slaughter that are used today.

Meat is needed for a good healthy diet. We should not

hunt animals for sport or make them do silly circus tricks

like, standing on their heads and climbing on top of other

animals. Angling might be the only exception to this

because without angling, the rivers would be over populated

with fish (who have a very small memory span anyway). It

could disrupt the food chain. Hunting wild animals and

reptiles is not necessary. The food chain would be just

fine if we stopped wild animal hunting, for example, fox

hunting, wild cat hunting, elephant hunting, crocodile

hunting and whale hunting.

We should not kill animals for fur. Thousands of years

ago, our ancestors wore animal skins and furs to keep warm

and dry. Today we have man made fibres to make such

garments. We can also buy man made clothes that