You may think that this picture of a monkey alone would be enough to change peoples mind of whether it is right or wrong to test upon animals less fortunate they we. Is not the pure look of terror upon the victims face enough to sicken and revolt you?
But no- always it is ‘for the good of us and the development of the modern world’ have you ever heard- ‘ for the good of the animal kingdom’? I thought not. But that is all we are and ever will be. Animals.
Whatever you may think our ancestors were primates, which climbed the trees and still do today. Agreed our IQ and brain is much more developed as is our features but without, we are same as those we lock up in wire cages to be stared and prodded at in Zoo’s- the same as those creatures which we test our medicines and cosmetics upon- the same as the wretched creature above- bewildered and hurt wondering why its life is being tortured so and for what. Helpless creatures in our hands and instead or calming and loving them- we crush and break them.
One by one, two by two went Gods creatures to the ark.
It is not as if we have need of the results gained by animal testing. Are there not enough types of shampoo already and body lotions to satisfy the world’s needful demands? Or are the shampoos not good enough for our precious whims- are they not conditioned enough for our delicate hair? Is the washing up liquid not making the crystal glasses shiny enough?
Now we have moved on to this subject, did I tell you how they check if their washing up liquid is poisonous or not? No- well you can bet your new classic clean- (with new improved perfume) Head and Shoulders (guess what they tested this product on!) on the fact that it wasn’t humans they tested it on. Oh no.
To check to see whether their new washing up liquid is safe enough and good enough for human use, the caring doting and loving scientists place fish into quantities of the mixture and record what happens to the fish.
If lucky the fish will not die due to its experiment and will live on to test the next and the scientists will be nicely pleased and do the experiment another couple of times with other fishes to see whether the results are the same. However if unlucky and the fish suffers any unusual side effects – like dying for instance the fish will be able to look forward to a ceremonial grave in a black bag with many other unfortunate victims.
In many labs, animals are not even given the chance to live. They spend their unnaturally short lives in the confinements of a concret or wire cage. Many have not even had the breath of the wind in their face- or the glare of the sun in their eyes or the feel of grass tickling their toes as they run.
Can you imagine a 1m by 1m cage to live in? A bowl of water strewn carelessly to one side and a bowl of dried pet food lurking in a corner. Sometimes animals don’t even have bedding to comfort them and are kept in dank hovels with the cold hard floor as company.
Permission is granted to feel slightly nauseated with these wonderfully eye opening view of the world hidden behind the Tesco and Boots shelves.
How can people act in such ways to these creatures who have done nothing to us but feed us, give us companions and keep us alive.
We tear apart their fragile trust and from within break up mind, body and soul simply to find cures and pampering equipment to satisfy us. Not the world just us. We steal the milk from cows, which by rights should have gone to their babies to help them and give it instead to our own greedy guzzling guts. We take eggs from nesting mothers for our daily breakfasts and food. We take their fur, skins and wool and use them to keep our selves warm and happy. We rare them for their meat- That nice juicy bit of steak you have just swallowed down with your gravy and mashed potatoes- did you ever think that once that dead lump of meat was once part of a breathing, feeling innocent animal- a brother or a sister- a mother or a father?
Do we perhaps suppose them to have no feelings- maybe we think because their intellect is lower then ours- that they would not feel as we do? When a member of our family dies we feel do we not? Then why should not they. We are nothing more then them. We die just as they do and we are born just as they.
Why should they suffer to fill our needs. We are all God’s creatures are we not? So why don’t we try to act like it.
