Cruelty to animals
Our treatment of animals should be kind. Animals are often mistreated or killed unnecessarily. A few days ago I was stuck and unable to move at Uttara at around 10:am and I witnessed the cruel act of a man. I had dropped my daughter to school and was waiting for the traffic to clear up. I noticed two goats tied tightly to the roof grill of a bus. It was sunny, hot and crowded and the goats' owner ensured that the goats did not fall down. The two ropes were pressed round the necks of the two fragile animals pressing against the arteries. I reckoned it would have been better had the goats' waist or legs (say "wrists") were tightened.
Just then an abrupt jerk made a goat, which was standing precariously on the uneven or ragged roof, fall and remain hanging(as tied to ropes) from the edge of 'Skyline Transport' bus. Some passengers uttered words of warning about the imminent death by strangulation. Finally, the owner came down from the bus to salvage his possessions in danger of death.
There are many gifts that are unique to man, but at the centre of them all lies the ability to draw conclusions from what we see on what we do not see. Please use thin ropes to safeguard animals. Be kind!
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