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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  I hope and pray people become informed and aware of what is going on around them, and continue to fight for what THEY as humans have the right to pursue. |
See, I think this attitude of having these "rights" over all animals, in practically ANY way we please is one of most damaging beliefs currently held in humans toward animals.
I'm reminded yet again of that quote by Milan Kundera:
"Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it."
I think fundamentally, we humans are SO colossally misguided in our attitude toward animals - that it makes any appreciable change virtually impossible. Until we're willing to REALLY look at what we do to animals, admit it, and make real changes -animals will continue to be "lorded over" by humans who treat them horribly.