We have lived with animals on this planet for centuries but unfortunately, animal cruelty is still a harsh reality. I would start talking about a surprising place where animal cruelty still exists, our pets. Sometimes unknowingly or in our carelessness, we indulge in cruelty towards pets. We delay feeding them at times or don’t answer their calls of pain. The animals in our home are not there just for our pleasure and enjoyment. So, before we decide to keep a pet we must make sure that we are ready to take full responsibility for the said animal.
Moving to the roads, streets and public places like zoos where animals are present around us. We often see little children misbehave with animals. And their parents or adults just ignore. It is necessary that we teach our kids to behave with animals in a just and polite manner. Another example is, we bring sacrificial animals on Eid-ul-Adha every year. This is a great opportunity to teach kids about animal cruelty and how to behave with animals. But sadly, this opportunity is not taken by many.
Adults are also involved in animal cruelty. All of us have seen videos and posts on social media about incidents of animal cruelty recently. Firing a gun on a dog to test it’s range, mercilessly beating donkeys to death, killing a crow and others incidents. It just breaks my heart see the growing number of animal cruelty incidents. Not sure if I am right but people who kidnap or steal pets are also being very cruel to the animal. Pets share a bond with their owners and feel emotional pain when separated for long periods of time.