humanity
Isn't it ironic that the very best of humanity is seen through the love and empathy we show to our pets?
Furry Friends
I don't just love animals, I'm a little obsessed with them. I have always been compelled to approach them, touch them, ‘talk to them’. I just want to be with them. Constantly. Nothing makes me feel more alive than being amongst animals. Whenever the local fair comes to town my grown up daughters leave me in the petting zoo while they go and look around the stalls or on rides. There is something very special about having an interaction with another being (from a different species to my own). It really makes my heart sing to have just a moment where I feel a connection to an animal through touch or eye contact or just being close to them. It is a thrill to be able to sit with an animal who feels comfortable with you. In that moment I feel as though we are communicating. We are in agreement that we are friends, we are both safe here with each other. It is a real honour to experience this for me. It gives me a feeling of acceptance, acknowledgement, without expectations. I am just being accepted for being me. There is nothing more rewarding to me than earning the trust of an animal.
By Jania Williams5 years ago in Petlife
Jurassic Era Survivor
In November 2020, I took my first masked and shielded flight, from Scandinavia to East Africa, I was headed for "the bush," Randlien Wildlife Management Area of Tanzania. This travel was going to be spent in the company of animals in their natural habitat. I imagined "the big” and "the scary.” You know, the usual unusual; trunks, horns and fierce canines. I never could have guessed an itsy bitsy raptorial critter would show up begging for a selfie. As a result of our unexpected encounter, I came to appreciate the intricacy of biological cycles necessary to hold nature in check, even since dinosaur times.
By Kimberly Hampton Nilsson5 years ago in Petlife
Animal Cruelty
Animal abuse and neglect: why do people do it? I understand that you may be upset and you may be a physical person that wants to take your anger out on another thing, but why abuse an animal? Animal cruelty is a very common issue in this world and us humans are not doing any action to stop this. Animal abuse and neglect is a very serious issue that many people are ignoring. The definition of animal cruelty is “failure to take care of an animal”. There are many animals that get neglected, experimented on, beaten up and many worse things happen to them every single day. Most of the time, they get abused for things they didnt do and the most common reason why the owner might do this is because their owner is mad at something totally unrelated to the animal. The most common things people do in abuse or neglect is shoot or stab them, set them on fire, not give them the proper food or water, or not groom them properly. They do all this to the poor animal and the animal doesn't even know why he/she deserves it. Abuse and neglect is wrong, every living thing deserves to be treated with love and care. If the animal did do something wrong they didn’t mean to hurt anyone, so why abuse or neglect the animal. Some animals even get abused in movies like in The Hobbit.
By Susmita Saha5 years ago in Petlife
A cat found in a Forest Preserve
Several years ago, my daughter took a short cut through the forest preserve on way home. It was early in the morning. she saw no one around so you did what we call a California rolling stop at the stop sign. Little did we know there were cameras everywhere!
By Dr Cynthia Lea Clark5 years ago in Petlife
A Dog Sitter's Story
It was 6:30 PM on a typical workday. Sitting at my cubicle, I admired the various notes and printed photos pinned on the fabric-lined walls. As I was finishing up the last of my tasks for the day and getting ready to head home, I received a text.
By Liseth Giraldo5 years ago in Petlife
All Thanks to Alice
I was once given this visual during a cord cutting meditation. Imagine you are holding a bundle of helium balloons. Each balloon representing someone in your life you have difficulty letting go. One by one, you focus on each person and then when you are ready, release the balloon from your hand and that person from your heart. As I closed my eyes, people I had loved and lost swayed above me. I held their face in my mind and felt the irrational unwavering loyalty I still held for them pierce my heart. My hands painfully gripped the strings of the balloons tight, unable to release them. Then, when I finally did, hot panic rushed to my face and anxiety filled my chest.
By Jessica Jones5 years ago in Petlife
Guardian angels
If I were to tell my friends that I’m entering a writing contest about a topic that’s the dearest to my heart, they wouldn’t have to venture a second guess. They’d know that it is about animals. Writing a long essay about my pets would be quite a chaotic process, for I find it quite difficult to put all my thoughts, feelings and experiences about my furry friends in a certain mould of words. However, I can say with certain confidence that the stories of my unbelievably cute and therapeutic pets will help the reader overlook my amateur writing!
By Pradnya Auti5 years ago in Petlife
