So We’re Superior !!
Many religions view humans as superior to animals. Non-religious people, such as Humanists, point out that the Theory of Evolution presents a big challenge to the idea that animals were put on the earth by God for us to use. How could animals have been made for us to use if we actually evolved from them?
Also, scientists are discovering that many animals are much more intelligent than we thought, and have great abilities to communicate and complex feelings. Science shows us how closely related we are, in terms of our DNA, to many other species.
Yet, the ability of so-called Homo Sapiens to be unimaginably cruel, sadistic and indifferent to the suffering of other species [as well as their own] is infinite.
Natalie Herron from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire became a group administrator for a network, which made monkey torture videos for a global network. [ exposed by a BBC investigation. ] The group paid for baby long-tailed macaques to be taken from their mothers in Indonesia before they were tortured and killed. The acts of cruelty included crucifixion, machete attacks and one video that showed a baby monkey being dipped in boiling oil. Investigators discovered 4,000 messages on a WhatsApp group which had been sent by Herron discussing torture and hatred of the animals. Messages included one that said: “I am shocked how easily the drill went through the skull, it was like butter.” Another message read: “Trying to find a video where they will kill the mum and the babies watch.”
[BBC News]
- Some ferry companies are complicit in transporting thousands of farmed animals on horrific journeyswhere they experience immense suffering on sea journeys without food or rest! Millions of animals are crammed into ships and trucks and transported hundreds, even thousands, of miles every year. They can suffer extreme heat or go without sufficient food, water or rest on these journeys. Many are injured or trampled to death.
- Targeted poaching. Traditional medicine and commercial use of wild lion parts are driving an unsustainable trade across Africa and internationally. Present-day use of lion parts in Africa comprises a diverse range of largely traditional and culturally derived uses including zootherapeutic traditional medicines, clothing, ornamentation, and curios as well as witchcraft and divination of the future. Parts from such targeted poaching includes, claws, teeth, paws, skins, fat – even lion noses. As just one example, a Vietnamese man was arrested in 2021 with 4.2 kilos of lions’ teeth and 680 grams of lion claws.
- PETA exposed China’s fur trade and revealed the suffering of cats, dogs, and other animals – many of whom are abducted, trucked for days without food or water, and abused at live-animal markets . Many are hanged, strangled or skinned alive. There is a traditional belief that the higher the adrenaline levels of a dog during slaughter the more tender the meet will be resulting in increased health benefits. This means dogs are tortured, electrocuted, and often times hung to ensure the adrenaline levels are met.
- Elephants used for tourism often endure abuse. They are forcibly separated from their mothers, immobilised with tightly bound ropes, and gouged with nail-studded sticks or other sharp objects. This process is known as the Phajaan or ‘elephant crushing’.
- ………………..tip of a gigantic iceberg
