I agree with some of that.
I think, most people are actually good people.
We are fundamentally good, and want to be good.
But it is a question of mentality, of perception.
If people can have a better understanding of other species and
can have a better appreciation, then the better treatment would
flow naturally.
So it is all a question of mentality and philosophy.
I think other than this law, which I admit is probably a niche
issue which most people dont think and dont care about, I think the
bigger issue is food.......we are still subjugating animals for
food harvesting......How can we have a true animal welfare if in a
corner of our minds, we think it is acceptable to kill lives for
food harvesting.....that it is acceptable to keep chicken in those
chicken factories to be butchered.
No wonder we see cat torturers.
Because in our minds we say that it is acceptable to subjugate
and enslave them completely and finally take their lives and eat
their bodies. So as long as we have this dichotomy, we cannot
reconcile them.
As we advance, finally one day in future I think it will be
illegal to kill animals to eat them.
Just imagine, in the past during barbarian days, ancient tribes
sometimes kill other humans and eat them. This is called
cannibalism. Just a few decades ago some tribes in PapuaNewGuinea
still practice this cannibalism. But nowadays it is unacceptable
and is considered barbaric.
One day we will understand that killing animals to eat their
bodies is barbaric.
When the christian said, All men are equal. But some are
higher??
When the buddhist said, All living things are equal, no
killing...sound more sensible right??? everyone of us got a life,
parents, hearts, decendents to care for, and that include animals,
human, as a gift of the most able and intelligent animals on earth
should in a way helps others that are weak and slower. But instead
of not disturb them is a blessing, they go kill and eat them,
somemore destroy forest and terrain where they live, then,
hyporcratically end up trying to save those near extinct ones,
isn't it a joke??
