PETA's recent exhibit juxtaposing human suffering with animal suffering is meant to show that the oppression of animals is abominable and that the suffering of a subject is equal - whether the subject is a human or nonhuman. Does the fact that animals can't speak our language mean that their pain and fear is less?
Animals today are raised in factory farms without fresh air, sunshine or exercise. They live lives of horror and are denied their most basic instincts. I commend PETA for their display of cruelty to animals. Sometimes graphic images and drastic comparisons is what it takes to get the message across.
As Matthew Scully states, What makes a human being human is that the suffering of an animal is more important than a tasty treat. Oppression of any living being is despicable. And treatment towards animals is even worse because they are helpless, innocent and blameless. Because animals have no voice, we - as the more intelligent species - must speak for them and the atrocities committed against them.
- Pat Glynn writes from Milwaukee, Wis. Send her an e-mail at patricgly@cs.com.
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