Saving people or small animals is a question that many rescuers are often asked. "There are so many people in China that people can't save them, but they have to save small animals!" Those who oppose saving small animals think that saving animals is hypocritical and rescuers are boring. In fact, these are basically two concepts. Healing the wounded and rescuing the dying is the legitimate behavior of the government, and it is the responsibility and obligation of the government. The government has special funds and institutions to help vulnerable groups, such as the poor, the disabled and children who are out of school. Caring for small animals around us represents the quality of the people, but the government is blank in this respect now, so we actively protect small animals. Disrespect for animals may not directly harm animals, but it expresses a person's character.
According to incomplete statistics, there are 6,543,800 stray animals in Beijing, including 800,000 cats, most of which belong to domestic cats abandoned by residents and their breeding offspring. This huge group mostly roams in urban communities, streets, markets and parks. In the community, some kind people take the initiative to build cat houses for them and feed them every day. However, with the increasing number of stray cats, whether to continue to adopt these stray cats has become a controversial issue for many residents in the community. Opponents of adoption believe that more and more stray cats have affected the community environment, and barking at night has also affected residents' rest. Not long ago, a notice was posted in a residential area in Haidian: "In view of the problem of wild cats in the compound, residents reacted strongly, which had a great impact on residents' lives and the environment of the compound. It was proposed and decided by the community residents' congress to deal with the wild cats in the compound and dismantle the private cat house. I hope that the residents of the community will understand and support and jointly build a harmonious community. " What is harmony? Is it harmonious to drive the cat away? It's a bit ridiculous!
Some people think that the differences between Chinese and western cultures lead to different views on saving small animals. In fact, China's thought of protecting animals has existed since ancient times. In the poem, he said, "People who live in groups are as thin as flesh and blood." There is no contradiction between advocating animal welfare and promoting human welfare, which has been carried out in ancient traditional religions in China. Buddhism believes that animals are psychic and must be taken care of, which is reflected in China's traditional novels Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Sanyan Erpai. In front of the temple in China, there are the words "solemn place, happy feeling", in which "happy feeling" means that all living things should be respected and treated well. However, when we check the information, we will find that the animal rights movement in the modern sense that we are exposed to is basically western. There are Martin Act, Wild Horse Act of 1959, Animal Liberation Act of 1975 and British Animal Act of 1986, which have become vivid footnotes in the history of animal rights protection movement in the west. In 2002, Germany amended the Constitution, and the people of the whole country voted unanimously to write the protection of animal rights into the Constitution. The words "and animals" were added to the provisions that the state respected and protected human dignity, which clearly recognized the dignity of animals.
In China, due to many factors, the animal rights protection movement has just begun. On May 8, 2005, the Regulation of Beijing Municipality on Animal Health (Draft for Comment) containing a sentence of "animal welfare" was first published on the website of Beijing Municipal Government. But two days later, this manuscript was withdrawn. It is said that some experts believe that this legislation is too "advanced" and will encounter practical factors such as difficulty in implementation. On June 13, the Beijing Legislative Affairs Office explained that the regulations were not included in the five-year legislative plan of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress. It can be seen that the core concept of animal rights protection accepted by the western public has not been recognized by the public. There is a saying on the website of Taiwan Province Environmental Information Association that people's mentality often determines the future of stray animals. "Save people or save small animals?" This most common query will also serve as the most powerful reason to despise, even refuse, and oppose the protection of animal rights for a long time.
Consideration of 1 and 50
If the price of treating an animal can buy 50 animals, do you choose to abandon it or treat it?
One of the best films in the Iranian Children's Film Festival, A Pure Heart in Heaven, tells a story: Sarah, who is six years old, has no brothers or sisters, but a furry yellow chicken as her companion. However, the two big brothers in the neighborhood robbed the chicken and accidentally broke its foot. Sarah began to cry sadly. She picked up the chickens and helped them find a doctor, but the cost of treating broken feet was high enough to buy 50 new healthy chickens. Mom and dad don't agree, and they intercede in every way, both hard and soft, hoping that Sarah would give up the injured chicken and buy a new one. Sarah couldn't bear to watch the chicken suffer, and insisted on finding someone who was willing to treat the chicken. Finally, Elsa's grandfather joined the rescue of the chicken. In real life, people will also face the choice of 1 and 50. A mother and son took a cat to a pet hospital. When they knew the cost of treatment, the mother left with her children. Mother said we didn't want the child to leave. I'll go back to my mother and buy you a more interesting one. In Beijing's official garden pet market, the price of an ordinary local cat is around 40 to 50 yuan, while the price of a two-month Persian cat is 180 yuan, and the more expensive Angela cat is 2,500 yuan. But for generous buyers, it's nothing. You can throw it away at any time when you are tired of playing, and it's also troublesome to treat diseases. "Money measures things, not life!" In the movie Saving Private Ryan, eight people risked their lives to find a man who didn't know life and death. Can this be measured from an economic point of view? And every time human diseases come, it is the peak of the increase of stray cats, such as SARS and bird flu. When people hear about these diseases related to animals, the first thing they think of is abandonment. For example, rabies, which is called hydrophobia in English, has something to do with dogs when translated. People think that dogs are the culprit. In fact, other wild animals such as foxes, vampire bats, skunks and raccoons are also sources of infection. During the SARS period, some people listened to the wind as rain and turned their eyes to the pets at home. This is not a scientific attitude and unfair to small animals.
There are also some people who abuse small animals, such as the cat injury incident of Fudan students a while ago and the female dormitory of a university in Beijing. A girl often throws her cat from the fifth floor, once in a while. Others accused her, and she retorted, mind your own business, this is my cat, and you can't control it ... If the bear injury in Tsinghua can also be punished by the law of damaging public property, then the cat injury in Fudan can't be imitated.
Seeing a weak cat being abused, most people can't help feeling sorry for it. Law should protect and prevent cruelty to animals, which is a widely accepted concept and the ideological root of many legislations in western countries. Many western countries have special animal protection laws, which not only prohibit beating and injuring animals casually, but also have specific responsibility requirements for people who take care of animals. For example, the law of New York clearly stipulates that anyone who wants to keep animals must provide them with shelter, enough air, water and food. Anyone who moves animals from one place to another by car or train must let them go out to rest, eat and drink water every five hours. People who abandon animals casually will be fined or punished in other forms. But as far as the present situation in China is concerned, who can speak for an abused cat? In fact, animal protection organizations have the most say, but unfortunately, the main task of animal protection organizations is not to give legal relief to their rights and interests. After all, animal protection organizations are NGOs, and the state should have the responsibility to do these jobs. After all, the abandonment and abuse of animals reflects the lack of education. The education of love refers not only to people, but also to people and animals.
If possible, I hope that veterinarians will not give up easily and do not focus on profit; Drivers meet kittens and puppies on the road, and they are not in a playful mood. Slow down and give them priority; People who don't like cats and dogs don't look at them with hatred. You can stay away, but don't hurt them.
Why did you hurt us?
What's our fault?
We didn't steal, rob, embezzle, cheat or do anything bad. We just want to eat enough and find a stable place to live. Are these demands too much? !
Is it because we are wandering lives that we can ignore them and be hurt by you humans? !
Those kind people just want us to have enough food and a stable place to live.
Why are they sneaking around like thieves? !
They scrimped and saved and used their little money to buy us delicious food. Why do you get cynicism from your peers? !
You humans are willing to spend money on more beautiful clothes, flowers, jewels, jewelry and cosmetics to please girls, and are willing to spend a lot of money on your precious pets and buy them new toys, clothes and nutritional supplements. ..........
We stray animals just want a full meal and a shelter from the wind and rain, and only hope that humans who don't like us will stop hurting us.
We are also a life. Maybe it's our fault that we were reincarnated into this world, and we disturbed your human space, but since we have been living by your side, please be kind to us!
We don't want luxurious meals, warm accommodation and everyone likes us.
We just want to have enough food, we just want to have a stable residence, and we just want people who don't like us to please stop hurting us!
We are already in heaven, where there is no cold, no hunger and no human harm, but we are here watching the miserable life of our XDJM people in your human world.
XDJM, come on, come to heaven, and stop living on earth. Although there are many good people who will take care of you, more people hate you. You live there without security, and some are just bullied by most human beings.
XDJM, we know what you think when you are bullied, "Why do you want to hurt us? Why do humans hurt us? What did we do wrong? "
Yes, when we die, we also look at the ugly face of human beings with our eyes open and ask.
"Why do you want to hurt us? What did we do wrong? "