The Rights of Animals

 

The Rights of Animals

Can humans, that is, only one species, use and exploit the resources of the earth on which billions of species of plants and animals also have a right along with us? There are many types of creatures in our world. The plants and animals present on earth along with us also have the right to share the resources of the earth and to live here.

We have no right to push a species that has evolved over millions of years towards destruction. Wild and domestic animals have the right not only to live but to live with respect. Cruelty to an animal is not at all different from cruelty of man to man from a moral point of view.

Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy was based on the belief that man is not the master of other creatures but he is only the trustee of the lower animal world.

Man is just a part of the life cycle on earth. We often forget that we are exploiting nature and other species much more than necessary. As a part of the community of living things on earth, every plant and animal has the right to live. While there is a predator-prey relationship in nature, if nature is left to its own devices, it maintains balance in every ecosystem!

In that evolution, species get extinct and new species of plants and animals are born to fill the world's ecosystem. But man alone is responsible for the recent rapid decline in the number of species on Earth. What is even more worrying is that man is reducing the abundance of species so rapidly that in the near future we will probably start a massive wedge of destruction and this will put the very existence of mankind in serious danger.

Therefore, endangering wild plants and animals and bringing them to the brink of extinction is not only injustice to these species but also injustice to those future generations who will not be able to benefit from the presence of these species.

The existence and rights of animals and plants on Earth also have a solid moral basis. Be it human or animal, every creature should be treated justly. Cruelty to animals is a crime that should be taken seriously and action should be taken against the culprits.

Animals also have the right to live with dignity and their life, welfare and freedom should be taken care of. Awareness about animal rights is increasing in our country and cruelty to animals is being considered a crime.