KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
Man is a rational animal. He
differs from the other animals by the possession of a quality called
rationality. His rationality enables his to distinguish between right and
wrong. That is, by virtue of this rationality he can know what is right and
what is not. Man is, therefore, superior to animals. But his treatment towards
them does not show him as such. He is superior to animals in knowledge. This
knowledge, in which lies his power, has enabled him to make the animals
subservient to him. So it is desirable that he should be kind and considerate
to them.
Different kinds of animals serve
us in different ways. The farmers cannot do anything without oxen. The cows and
buffaloes give us milk which is the best of all the nutritious foods. The
people who live in desert cannot do without camels because they are used for
travelling and carrying loads.
The horse is another faithful
animal. It draws carriages and carries load. In some countries it is even used
in plough and the land. The dog is another faithful animal. It guards our house
at night. It makes us alert about the thieves and any other danger. The people
who live in barren areas where crops are not grown, rear sheep and goats for
their earning. Of the wild animals, the elephant is used for riding and drawing
heavy loads. Even the ferocious tigers, lions and bears are used to earn money
for men. But do we show our gratefulness to them through kind treatment. The
answer is a categorical No.
It is the children who are the unkind
to the animals for the sake of their sport. They often treat cruelly with
animals, specially the domestic animals, such as dogs, cats etc. They do not
understand that what is sport to them is extreme torture or even death to
others. The children should be made to understand that it is highly wrong to be
unkind to animals.
The grown up people are no less
cruel to the animals. They are often found to inflict inhuman cruelty to
animals. The drivers of the bullock-carts and horse-carriages and the tillers
of the soil are some of the living examples of inhuman cruelty to animals.
These people are sometimes found to lash their bullocks and horses so cruelly
that blood comes out of their bodies.
The animals are so serviceable to
us. They cannot even protest because they are dumb. So we should always be kind
and considerate to them.
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