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♘ Animal Abuse
Saturday, December 11, 2010 @ 11:02 PM

Looking at the above pictures undoubtedly brightened up my day. I am not a pet-lover personally but seeing all their cute and innocent faces, I smiled from ear to ear. However, having to stumble upon the picture below, all I could feel was rage and fury. 
A few weeks back, animal abuse became one of the common topics among people. The news about women crushing bunnies in Beijing have stirred anger among netizens. Up till today, I wonder what came across the minds of these heartless abusers that they willingly gave cruelty treatment to these cute little creatures. And what's worse, in the case of these Chinese women, they got paid for abusing these creatures. 

According to Yahoo News, it was stated;

"China Radio International quoted one girl identified as Huang Xiaoxiao as saying she had been paid to appear in several videos. Payment started at 100 yuan (about 15 dollars) for crushing fruit, 200-300 yuan for "other small animals" and up to 400 yuan for rabbits, she was quoted as saying."
Honestly, what are the perks of abusing innocent creatures besides receiving money? Personally, I feel that the lives of such creatures are priceless. Same goes to human beings. We do not kill human beings for money. Aren't animals like human beings too? Animals breathe in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide just like us, we really do not have the rights to deprive them from living. There are cases where pets became an alternative for married couple who do not want children. They are sometimes treated as family too. 

I feel it is only fair for the authority to come up with measures to prevent animal abuse. Authority could impose punishments to abusers. It is unfair that abusers are left unpunished when lives of animals were taken away cruelly by humans. I think that everyone has their own part to play in preventing animal abuse.