Friday, July 20, 2007 @4:51 PM
~jiehui~Damn it! I typed a damn long entry oredy den my com crash. Shit la. Normally I wldn't care, but tis entry I HAVE to retype b'cos I tink its an impt msg tt i have to let ppl noe.Last Friday, I attended an animal conservation talk. I tot it wld b boring but I went 4 the cca points. Haha..turned out tt the talk wasn't boring at all. In fact, its was quite sad n surprising tt tings they say aren't fabricated n all. They told us some true stories n experiences n they even told us tt S'pore is 1 of the biggest hub in Asia for illegal wildlife trade. Didn't know tt? Of cos we wldn't noe, shop owners dun put these illegal endangering animals on display n wait to get caught. There was tis story tt I rmb esp clearly. Its about tis chimpanzee who was taught American sign language n cld communicate wif ppl. There was tis time when she was pregnant n had a miscarriage. Her trainer, very coincidentally was oso pregnant at tt time. She went away to gif birth, but unfortunately, she had a miscarriage too. When she came back the chimpanzee signaled to her 'where's baby'. She signaled back 'baby died' n the chimpanzee signaled 'come hug'. Its so touching~! Tis shows us tt animals, like us, haf feelings too. We sldn't take away wad belongs to them, be it their rights, their lives, or their family members. Neither shld we use them 4 experiments or trades. Yes. These poor creatures r being used for experiments. Do u know tt shampoos n soaps r tested on rabbits b4 they r sold. 1000 rabbits r used for an experiment each time. Shampoos n soaps r dripped on their bodies n they observe to c if the products burns the skin. If the rabbits' skins are burned, they r killed cos they cnt b used for another experiment. N they go back n modify their products b4 testing on another 1000 rabbits. For rabbits who escape the fate of getting their skins burned gets killed all the same bcos they cnt b used for another experiment too. Sometimes these cruel ppl even experiment their products by dripping it into the rabbits' eyes. It hurts badly when abit of shampoo gets into our eyes when bathing, can u imagine wad its like for the rabbits? Can we help them? Yes, we can. We cnt stop them from experimenting on animals, but we can help by not buying their products. Follow Me n Body Shop, they r against animal testing. As for the bears, I cnt rmb why they r being treated tis way. They r being locked in cages so small tt they cnt even turn ard or stand up. For 10 yrs. These bears normally go berserk after some time n they start hurting themselves by banging n hurling themselves on the sides of the cages. They even showed us the video secretly taken n u can see scars n wounds on the bears as a result of their self-torture. There r alot of other stories tt I cnt rmb, but they r definitely not happy stories abt how bears sit under the trees, drinking a cup of tea in their home sweet home. They r abt how animals suffer b'cos of human activities n our lack of love n compassion towards them. Do discourage activities tt harms wildlife. Start by using non animal-tested products. They really do deserve our help n a right to live, unharmed.