Log #4

This week I continue reading articles and stories related to animals right, and to these days I've somehow doubted that whether animals can feel the way we feel or we just personify them.  However, after reading a post from Yousheng's Facebook, I confirmed that I was right-- the animals do have feelings. In his post, he mentioned he and his wife were taking wedding photos in Nepal, where has plenty of elephants. The residents in Nepal rely on elephants to help them transport and to carry things, so Yousheng decided to do the Nepalese do, riding on the elephant's back and taking wedding photos. However, after shooting, he found elephant was in tears. Then he realized that the elephant was so smart that he knew he was pathetically under control, but he chose to be tamed and silent, for he knew his life was bestowed by human. After reading this, I strongly oppose we human beings keep elephants or any other animals for entertainment or even force them and abuse them in order to make a fortune. Therefore, we should stop going to circus and other performances that may have animals involved. 

Through doing this group project, I have deeper understanding on animals right and I have also received many interesting comments and different perspective on this topic.   After reading so many articles and stories, I am very grateful that I am a human that I have little possibility to be mistreated or even be eaten by other animals. As it is not only a social issue but also a somewhat controversial one, I could not ask everyone in the world not to eat meat, not to visit a zoo or not to ride on an elephant's back. The only thing I could do is to raise people's awareness and try to do the right things. Hope we could live peacefully with animals and with nature forever. 

Yes, animals think and feel. This how we know.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150714-animal-dog-thinking-feelings-brain-science/

What are animal's thinking?

http://time.com/3173937/what-are-animals-thinking-hint-more-that-you-suspect/