Don't Abuse Any Creatures (Sarah Ramos)

Don’t Abuse Any Creatures

            My motto for every animal is “If God created them, they are and will continue to be on this earth for a reason why go against God’s will”. When you hear most people from California talk about animals, clearly the most popular is a dog or cat, you never hear about dolphins or seals because they aren’t your typical kind of animal, this is key because people chose not to talk about those animals on average. Citizens tend not to care about animal abuse, because it doesn’t deal with the human body, and most people could care less about animals and the abuse many of them live through on a daily basis. There are many laws protecting marine mammals but not enough to stop endangering most of the species. On one side many people think pets such as a (fish)  are hard to manage because you have to feed them and clean they filter every two weeks, or they have had a horrifying experience with an animal for example, a young girl feeding a sea otter, result getting chased around because the food was finished causing the young girl to hate that particular species, but not everyone is the same some people love animals such as a zookeeper who is always tending to the needs of sharks, sting rays, etc. If you took a look back at what used a fairly harmless environment for creatures living in the ocean, it was tranquil not too much activity there were no oil spills or pinning down every female shark to find where they nest, animals were allowed to roam free in “their” environment, now people are slaughter whales, capturing dolphins and placing them in a strange settings (zoo). In my experience no one wants to be hurt so why inflict pain on a creature that hasn’t done anything but made our universe a better place. My prime position on animal abuse is has to become a moral issue in order for these animals to stop suffering, warning the public is the first step to success.

            When you’re watching the National Geographic channel and a segment comes on about whales, you may start to speculate questions such as (How many species do they have?) or (It might seem like a great career being a marine biologist!), but most people don’t get to see the real picture they get the happy version of whales but what they should be showing the world is the abuse they go through daily. Many whales are protected worldwide due to their low numbers in species, in recent statistics have shown the most endangered whale is the “Northern Right whale, approximately 350 living” (Guernsey).In some countries like Japan and used to be the U.S. people would kill whales for their oil because it produced “lamp oil as well as lubricants”. I don’t believe this is right killing an animal just to please your needs, it’s a disgrace because why kill when you yourself can be the next inventor and make lamp oil. Also I feel as though now that many whales are starting to become extinct superior people are taking more precautions, but why all of the sudden now you understand that it’s wrong what people are doing to those animals, and they want to look like the heroes saving the last of the whale population. You must be thinking I’m crazy if I were to tell you that Sperm Whales puke is almost like gold, in the industry of high end perfumes, but it’s very true. It’s very uncommon for any “commercial” perfumes to have natural ambergris, companies instead “use a synthetic substitute” (perfumeshrine). When I hear about the whales puke being used as an ingredient for scarce perfumes it makes me want to throw up what they throw up or poop out, you would think they would want natural ingredients from plants but no they chose a whales discharge, it may not have a scent after a company puts all the chemicals to produce a perfume, now that I know this information I have gained knowledge into the perfume industry. Furthermore whales shouldn’t be used and abused, it something that most people around the world do just to make a living and have ends meet but rather than viewing it as a good thing, picturing the poor whale crying or showing emotion by trying to escape anyway possible twisting itself, hurting itself by doing movements it’s never done before attempting to getaway before it’s too late, it breaks my heart knowing that is how people used to and still make a living by.

In addition to whales, dolphins are abused by being captured and killed or sent off to zoos. Well most people love to go to the zoo and watch dolphins perform an act but what you don’t see is that many aren’t fed “until it is time to perform their daily routines”(myecoaction). Now what type of people are we putting these poor animals locked up and unfed, as I start to see more and more articles on the abuse of dolphins I wonder if it was ever necessary to take a creature out of its natural habitat and put it in an unfamiliar place, knowing it will be miserable for the rest of its life.

Some people may go against what I believe in such as saying for many people outside of the United States, this is family tradition brought down by ancestors, this is their way of earning a living, because this is what they were taught to do at an early age, but it isn’t fair for an animal to suffer and becomes someone wealth. Others may say this shouldn’t even be an issue because we as a country have other things to attend to such as trying to find cures for cancer; however what happens when almost all specie’ starts to go extinct and we the people are the only ones left on earth, would we honestly be able to manage this earth by ourselves.

Some solutions that we as a community could start doing in order to helping whales and dolphins would be first by, teaching the younger generation not to hurt animals, adults would set a good example to every kid, getting in the classroom and showing videos of the type of cruelty these creatures go through just for people’s needs and hopefully raise awareness, secondly since it against the law to go and kill a whale or dolphin, people who sell their meat would  be sentenced for 5 years, in prison they would be shown other jobs and go through rehabilitation to try and get that person out of that killer mind state and when released they will be labeled as (Animal Killer), lastly I would try to raise money and save the lives of these animals, but I won’t be like PETA or any other organization, people would be informed through the news on  which marine animal would be saved and where they will be relocated for a calm environment.

In conclusion, I’ve learned a lot about myself foremost because before I wasn’t as informed as I am today, now I can’t stand to see all these horrible videos on the abuse whales and dolphins go through, it makes me stomach sick, almost in tears, it hurts me but how cannot affect others as well. I wish this society would change for the better being able to be animal friendly, wish everyone was more loving and understanding towards animals, but one thing is certain I want to start helping these animals and the first place to do so is in the classroom, making others aware of what is to become of the ocean animals if we don’t help them now. 

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