I am often astounded by people who are indifferent to animals. Animals, in so many ways, are superior to our race. Humans are selfish beings. We are always hankering over things that we think we think we need but actually only want. Animals do not think in this way. They may be selfish in the context of wanting to survive and therefore needing to play detriment to another's chances of survival. However, humans are also guilty of this. Animals only take what is necessary and nothing else, they do not take more than is needed and when they do it usually results in a benefit for someone else in the wonderful world of nature. Rhinos are often plagued with a parasite that makes them extremely uncomfortable and irritable. Luckily for them there is a type of bird who relies on this parasite as its staple food. A friendship and alliance is forged and both species live harmoniously side by side. This system of mutual and equal benefits for all involved in human society is, in my opinion, extremely rare. If we can buy whatever gadget we are dreaming of for the cheapest possible price then that is what we will choose. The majority of us will make the decision without sparing a thought for the poor exploited workers in China or India who are making these products, which we then buy for hundreds of pounds, for a pay salary that can barely buy enough food for one meal. Why do we allow this to continue? Because we are selfish!
Apart from this fundamental difference between animals and us, there is another reason why animals are better. They don't complain. They don't complain if the weather isn't very nice, they don't complain if they receive a gazelle for their dinner instead of the wilder beast that they had spotted on the way, they don't complain if their house isn't quite as big as the one next door. They are thankful for what they have and we should really learn to be more like them in that respect.
Most of all I have a huge love for animals because they don't judge. They don't care if your black, white, fat, thin, rich, poor, boy, girl, disabled - the list could go on forever. All they care about is having someone who loves them and having someone who they can love in return. All they ask for is love and kindness.
I am not by any means saying that I am the perfect human being and everybody else are the bad guys. What I am saying is that we are all, in our different ways, the bad guys and if we really just thought for a minute about whether we really needed that extra piece of electrical equipment, that when used is contributing to the destruction of the Ozone Layer, or if we could afford to buy the t-shirt for £2 more expensive than it is in Primark so that the people in China, India and other poorer countries can afford their evening meal then the world could be a much nicer much more harmonious place to live.
