It probably began in the past when man began to understand the beauty of animals. Coupled with his power over them, he probably decided that he wanted to have the beautiful animals that he had encountered on his hunting trips to be near him. Through the centuries, man has domesticated quite a few animals to serve his needs, and sometimes to serve no need at all. It is one thing to keep an animal nearby to serve one's needs but it is Cruel to want to keep them 'just for fun'. Animals and birds should not be kept in cages. Firstly, it is cruel, secondly it serves little purpose and finally we have no right to do this!
Besides being cruel, it serves little purpose to want to cage animals and birds. Wild animals and birds being caged up serve our egoistic pleasures of power over others and that is about all we do. Cultivating such natures will make us cruel and egoistic. Left in a wild, a bird does all sort of things; when kept in cage, it just sits there. Granted that birds are beautiful to look at, we cannot observe the bird at its best when it is caged. To see a bird at its best, we should go to its habitat. Caging domestic animals just serves the purpose of controlling them. If we can't look after them, why acquire them in the first place?
Finally, we have n right to do this; we do this because the creatures are powerless to prevent us from confining them. If we are robbed of such rights, we would rather die than yields. Only in the cruellest of regimes are men and women without their having committed crimes. Even political prisoners are confined only because the government - good or otherwise - feels that they are threats to their power or to the country. By what right then do we imprison animals and birds without any qualms?
How many of you support freedom of birds and animals?
It is definitely cruel to keep an animal or bird in captivity; worse still confined in cages. An animal or a bird is so carefree in its own environment. It know no restrictions! It goes about its business of eating and drinking and creating babies. Even the domestic animals would like to walk about and act according to their distincts and desires. Caging them would deprive them of this. How often we see caged animals pacing their cages in futile attempts to escape? Can we imagine the frustration they feel? What do we get in making these creatures angry, frustrated or depressed? Yet humans do it all the time. Since we would think it cruel if someone were to cage us, it stands to reason that we should not do it to others, even the animals and birds. The sense of justice we hold so dear when it comes to humans should be extended to all creatures.
Besides being cruel, it serves little purpose to want to cage animals and birds. Wild animals and birds being caged up serve our egoistic pleasures of power over others and that is about all we do. Cultivating such natures will make us cruel and egoistic. Left in a wild, a bird does all sort of things; when kept in cage, it just sits there. Granted that birds are beautiful to look at, we cannot observe the bird at its best when it is caged. To see a bird at its best, we should go to its habitat. Caging domestic animals just serves the purpose of controlling them. If we can't look after them, why acquire them in the first place?
Finally, we have n right to do this; we do this because the creatures are powerless to prevent us from confining them. If we are robbed of such rights, we would rather die than yields. Only in the cruellest of regimes are men and women without their having committed crimes. Even political prisoners are confined only because the government - good or otherwise - feels that they are threats to their power or to the country. By what right then do we imprison animals and birds without any qualms?
How many of you support freedom of birds and animals?
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