There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
Humans are the only creatures that abnormally took over the earth that was supposed to be shared by many other species. The way we spread, survive and propagate seems like a virus that spread on a land of aboriginals. Some scientists even doubt if we belong to this planet ? Because there are no other animals close to us on this planet in this race of evolution. We can't blame the whole of humanity for this but it becomes the responsibility of all humans to ensure other species also thrive.We are all into it together. Human activities have caused climate change, global warming and other direct and indirect threats to ecological balance. Now there will also be the impact of space junk. We may survive the consequences with air conditioning, vaccinations and other modern inventions but will do irreversible damage to the environment to trap ourselves in a vicious cycle of new environmental threats and inventions to survive that. And we are all together in it. That is why they say, think globally and act locally.
By nature humans are compassionate. But I believe compassion without wisdom is more dangerous and causes more damage to the subject (animals). People feed animals in zoos and in the wild, love to make them pets thinking that they can keep them happier. Many people buy and release birds, fishes and animals in cages to fulfil their belief in compassion, encouraging more animals to end up in captivity or unnaturally overpopulating them. So called educated, compassionate group talks about torture involved in taming domesticated animals (especially about elephant in Asia) not realizing how horse in the west is different ? Think about the impact of these campaigns. Poor ethnic people living with human - animal conflict, are losing their living out of tourism and alternatives introduced over the years to hunting and poaching. These compassionate voices are much louder discouraging many tourists to visit the safari parks or riding elephants which would have been bread earning opportunities for many families directly living in conflict with wildlife. Their compassionate voices will jeopardise decade-long initiatives taken by locals to create safe alternatives for those living in direct conflict with wild animals, thus causing more damage to wildlife.
The New Differences Between the Brutality of Man and Animals Thread
