Animal Abuse mini blog post (Adrian Benitez)

         When you look into the eyes of an animal, what do you see? Do you see love and happiness? Maybe you see pain, suffering, fear, sorrow, stress, and loneliness. Whatever you may see as you gaze into their eyes, is it obvious that he or she is a living thing and able to communicate with you even it is not with words? Why is it that even though animals are clearly thriving amongst us and are completely capable of transmitting emotions, people fail to acknowledge their rights and consider them to be much lesser beings? As long as society continues to fail to acquiesce the fact that animals have every right to be here and should never be treated as an experiment, a quick way to make money, or an addition to their obsessive collection, the issues of animal abuse remains.  It is evident that animal abuse continues to linger throughout our society, and in order to prevent it from occurring in the future; we need to make a stand and be the voice for the animals that truly need our help. This issue has existed throughout society for many years and is still happening each and every day. Whether it is identified through animal testing, animal hoarding, or the usage of puppy mills, the mistreating of innocent animals must come to an end.  Although ending the abuse of animals is not a easy thing to do and will not happen over night, we can utilize our ability to get the message out and ultimately make the world a safer place for animals.