Behind Animal Cruelty Part 1

Based on what I have observed throughout my life in Malaysia and UK, animals that humans spend a lot of time with can be broadly separated into two categories:

• Animals that humans keep as pets (friend)
• Animals that people raise for their produce (food)

And as far as our feelings go, it's pretty clear cut. We care about our pets when they are next to us, and we care about the latter group of animals when they are in front of them. On a plate.

It is the animals that do not belong to any of the above groups, however, that intrigues us humans the most. It's the kind we only find roaming the jungles, savannas or tundras of the world, or, more commonly, the zoos of our cities. It's the animals very few have tried to eat, and fewer have tried to befriend. It's the animals of the wild, that some people do keep as exotic pets that can at any moment turn on the owner. It's the gorillas, the crocodiles and the ostriches of this world.

Now I'm mentioning these three animals in particular, as I am sure most of you would know why.They have been in the news recently for doing things they are "not supposed to". First two animals rose into infamy recently for bringing harm to kids.In Cincinnati, a gorilla was shot because a kid fell into an enclosure, and was thereafter rescued. In Florida, 5 crocodiles were killed because a kid waded into a lake and seemed tasty. Each time, the parents were at the scene, and tore their eyes off their kids. So, who's at fault for killing those animals?

I'm not going to write about racism issues or how much media attention they are getting, because the whole point of this article is that it is clear how we value lives of humans against lives of endangered animals. One human life demands 5 innocents. Which on a supply-demand curve does not make sense, since there's so many of us and so few of them.

But humans are illogical when it comes to humans.

Like, imagine a hunter killed a deer and took it home as trophy, right? And a herd of big antler-ed deer ran into the nearby village to find it, right? And in the process gored and trampled a whole family. Clearly their deaths are justified.

Whoops, rambling again.

So, the moral of the story is humans > animals, regardless if they are friends, food or neither.
The thing about the neither category is we don't know what to do with them.

Do we leave them be? But we need the land!

But why?

Do we kill them all? But we need to preserve their existence!

But why?

Do we stick them in zoos? But we will feel bad for robbing their freedom!

But why?

In the end, it's always about us selfish humans. Who really cares about animals nowadays eh?

Cya, fellow dominant species.

Ostriches should run in within the next week.