Was down on liberty island last week and saw a kid take a rubber bat and start swinging at seagulls, trying to hit them. Parents just ignored him, thereby affirming the behaviour. I think there is this assumption out there that animals don't matter, and we can do to them what we like.
Animals have senses that are more acute than humans. Most animals will sense the person who will care for them and also the person who won't. Animals love me. I believe it is because I'm a "feeder guy". (A person who will care for the animals welfare)I see those same animals who will bark or evade other people. Obviously the "non-feeder guys". Somehow animals know the difference. Everything from horses to dogs, cats to birds and more.
It is said that you can tell the true character of a person by how s/he treats those in lower positions; waiters, janitors, etc. I think this applies to animals as well.
Which, in my non-psychologically educated opinion, is why abuse of animals early in life is a key indicator of the propensity to abuse, rape, or kill people later in life. If someone can mercilessly beat a dog or kill a cat, how big of a leap would it have to be to abuse or kill a younger or smaller person?
While such kindness is usually a good thing, I really don't want our schools to indoctrinate our kids in any particular way of thinking. They do a poor job already of teaching kindness to people, judging from the way many kids treat each other. I would like to see schools do a good job of teaching reading, writing, math and science before expanding to a PETA-inspired curiculum.
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Teaching kindness is general will lead to being nice to animals.
But whenever i see that animal abuse commercial, where it sinks "in the arms of an angle"... Damn i start to tear up...
Should be taught by parents as well.
Was down on liberty island last week and saw a kid take a rubber bat and start swinging at seagulls, trying to hit them. Parents just ignored him, thereby affirming the behaviour. I think there is this assumption out there that animals don't matter, and we can do to them what we like.
They are our brothers. As we treat them, so we treat each other.
Not a class, but certainly a pervasive attitude--cruelty is wrong. We say it, let's start acting as if we believe it.
Distant relatives. Not brothers. :|
I think zoos are important.
It always was natural to me, I cant understand how anyone would not be kind to them. Respect is needed with the big ones also.
Kindness and respect for the environment in general should be taught.
I can not begin to understand why animals are abused. Abused animals sit a cry like we do and wonder...."what is this for?'
Animals have senses that are more acute than humans. Most animals will sense the person who will care for them and also the person who won't. Animals love me. I believe it is because I'm a "feeder guy". (A person who will care for the animals welfare)I see those same animals who will bark or evade other people. Obviously the "non-feeder guys". Somehow animals know the difference. Everything from horses to dogs, cats to birds and more.
It is said that you can tell the true character of a person by how s/he treats those in lower positions; waiters, janitors, etc. I think this applies to animals as well.
Which, in my non-psychologically educated opinion, is why abuse of animals early in life is a key indicator of the propensity to abuse, rape, or kill people later in life. If someone can mercilessly beat a dog or kill a cat, how big of a leap would it have to be to abuse or kill a younger or smaller person?
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While such kindness is usually a good thing, I really don't want our schools to indoctrinate our kids in any particular way of thinking. They do a poor job already of teaching kindness to people, judging from the way many kids treat each other. I would like to see schools do a good job of teaching reading, writing, math and science before expanding to a PETA-inspired curiculum.