PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS STRAY ANIMALS

PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS STRAY ANIMALS

In our busy lives, we never give a second thought to the little creatures, such as cats and dogs, wandering around our neighborhood . We consider it routine and nothing of significance.

Sometimes, it is the bark of a dog or a chilling cry of a cat that grabs our attention but because it doesn’t make any difference to our lives, we forget about it the next moment. What we forget is that, we, as humans, have a responsibility to help, care and pay attention to the needy and helpless creatures who depends on us.

JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WHERE TO GO,     IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY ARE WORTHLESS.

Life as a stray is very difficult and brings about lot of harshness and need of survival. Every animal deserves to have a good life. Some of them need special care and treatments to pull through

It is important to remember that there is a difference between animals you have as pets at home and those roaming outside your house. Stray dogs and cats live in harsh conditions, so they carry germs and diseases as they eat out of garbage and things lying on the floor, which domesticated/pets do not. 

2 TYPES OF BEHAVIOR ARE USUALLY EXPECTED FROM PEOPLE WHICH ARE:

1. Stray animals usually get bad treatment from people around them, they get hostile and sometimes attack & they have hardly seen love and care; all they have come across is human cruelty, hatred and torture, hence their defensive and harsh attitude towards humans.

Types of Animal Abuse

·      Sexual Abuse (Bestiality)

Bestiality is term given to an intercourse between a human and non-human (animal). It basically refers to the degrading act of a human having sexual intercourse with an animal. Horrific and disturbing cases of rage against animals are on the headlines very often nowadays. It is not an uncommon-phenomena anymore. In July, 2018, a pregnant goat was gang raped by 8 men in Haryana. In the same month, a 35-year-old man was accused of allegedly having sex with a female dog in his house in Kolkata. A similar incident was reported in Vadodara, where 3 pregnant cows were raped by a single man, who worked as a laborer. Such incidents are a clear proof to the fact that there is no decency and humanity left in human beings. Most people believe that animals do not have the same rights as humans. Their life is considered less important. People need to understand that animals are the creatures who cannot speak; hence they are more vulnerable to any kind of cruelty and brutality. 60% of the women who were victims of domestic violence claim that their husbands had a history of either killing or harming animals. Study in criminology and psychology reveals that people who commit acts of cruelty on animals, move to humans as their next target. 

·      Physical Domestic Abuse

·      This is a type of abuse where the violence inflicted upon the animals is absolutely intentional. The motive is to cause deep injury, severe pain and mental trauma to the animal. Physical violence creates an environment for the animals which makes them feel dominated, terrorized and frightened. Some people are incapable of showing love and affection to animals. Domestic abuse can take up many forms such as beating, stabbing, kicking, starving, neglecting, burning etc. If a man can beat, hit or cause harm to his own wife, then there is a very high probability that he might do the same with his own pet. One of the most tragic incidents of this kind happened in 2016. A medical student of Chennai, India, threw a 5-month-old puppy off the roof of his terrace. Although the puppy survived, it sustained many serious and internal injuries.

1. 2. But it can’t be true that every other person abuses or humiliate stray animals. Some people also feed them as their daily routine which may be either their waste over food or specifically made for them, take care of them, bring them to pet hospital and treat them, some also send them to NGOs or even donate their fund which take care of these stray animals, some also provide them home and warm coverings in monsoons and winter to prevent them from cold.

These people purely indicates humanity towards every lives that matters.

CONCLUSION

Pain is felt by each and every living organism, be it humans or animals. The brutal action against the innocent creatures is rarely acknowledged and very few people feel the urge of raising their voice against animal cruelty. People should know that all lives matter, be it humans or animals. It can be seen how humans misuse their power and lack the feelings of love and compassion towards the animals. Animals do not have any rights of their own, they do not have a voice to protect themselves from cruelty, thus they go through unspeakable sufferings daily. Just as humans, even animals deserve to lead a happy and painless life. As humans, it is our duty to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves so we need to protect these animals which are daily wondering on streets deprived of food, water & shelter by either giving what we are capable of or we can just give them to the NGOs which can take great care of them rather than letting them die on streets in our locality by hunger & thirst.

ANIMALS HAVE NO VOICE

THEY CAN’T ASK FOR HELP

THEY CAN’T ASK FOR FREEDOM

THEY CAN’T ASK FOR PROTECTION

HUMANITY MUST BE THEIR VOICE

 SO

DON’T IGNORE THESE INNOCENT CREATURES

BECAUSE YOUR IGNORANCE MAKE THEM VICTIMS OF

STARVATION, DISEASE & HUMAN CRUELTY.

                           

BLOG BY:- DEVANSHI PATEL 

DEPARTMENT:- AIB

UNIVERSITY:- AMITY UNIVERSITY RAJASTHAN