Theres an Elephant in the Room

So the topic I chose to write about in position paper was the abuse of animals in the circus. Mainly Ringling Brothers Circus. There is a lot of coverage on this story and many mixed opinions. I was talking about it with my boyfriend and he was asking why I see animals as more important than humans. I have many reasons, they were here first. Animals were on this earth before we were. We live on their land and have taken over thus killing off species. Another reason is their Helpless. They can’t speak, they usually have no clue what is going on and if they do attack usually it’s because they are scared. People beat them and torture them then take their lives without taking into consideration the feelings and the pain the animal was put through. I believe people who abuse any kind of animal has a terrible self-esteem. They get pleasure and feel “bigger, powerful” when they hurt a helpless being. So why do I think animals and the planet is more important? Well in my opinion, I believe people don’t have the right to live here anymore. We’ve lost touch into what’s important and that keeping this beautiful planet and all its creatures alive and healthy.

We kill and kill this planet for our benefit without thinking of the consequences or how we affect other living beings around us. Millions of species have gone extinct because of our pollution. We speed up the extinction rate with all the crap we pump into the earth. My family makes fun of me and calls me a tree hugger but I really think Mother Nature is so much more important than our self needs for cars, oil and other none essential things. Our ancestors lived perfectly fine without all these electricity, cars, ac/heaters etc. Why cant we do that again?

A movie that I really liked that has to do with pollution was Avatar. We could live the like Navi people. We just choose not too. Their “god” is the earth and all the plants. Their brothers and sisters are the animals that live with them. They only kill when necessary and when they do kill for food they take it all and do it respectfully. All we do is take and take. Of course in Avatar the human population and their greedy wants for the precious “stones” killed everything in the movie. I cried when the tree fell. It was their home and our selfish needs destroyed it. That what we are doing to our planet. We are slowly killing it and its very sad that we let it get to this point. One day Mother Earth will show us whos boss and completely wipe us out. So yeah, I get really worked up about animals and the planet… Ok, well stay tuned for next week!!