“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
“’Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these…you did it to me.’”
(Matthew 25:40)
Midsummer Murders
In Yulin, China,
The Midsummer is blood red.
They steal and kill dogs:
Skinning from throat to anus.
Screaming cats face the same fate.
http://endyulinfestival.animalsasia.org/
The Baby Killers
‘Country’ fox hunters,
Spend their summers killing cubs;
Digging them from dens –
Watching while hounds tear newborns.
Mocking at animal life.
http://www.league.org.uk/news-and-opinion/videos/2016/mar/scottish-hunting-expose-2016
http://www.league.org.uk/news-and-opinion/videos/2015/december/the-disappearing-fox
The Fate Of Furry Animals
On Ireland’s mink “farms”
The animals live in hell:
Cramped in wire cages –
Anal electrocution
Or gassing, their only hope.
http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=19784
http://www.ad-international.org/fur/go.php?id=17&ssi=19
https://furstop.org/what-you-can-do/videos-pictures/
A Bleeding Luxury
Feather down is made,
By plucking live geese, who bleed;
Their suffering great –
So that we can dream soundly,
In unethical comfort.
http://www.four-paws.us/campaigns/farm-animals-/live-feather-plucking-2/
Tobacco Slave
While all of England sleeps,
A beagle screams out in pain:
Her lungs smoke-broken;
Forced to inhale for weeks now –
Deprived of God-given air.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAMPAIGNS/blog//4//?be_id=58
https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/our-investigations
Heidi Stephenson