This is written on behalf of all cats and dogs in the world to express what they feel but could not show and to voice out what they wish to say but could not communicate to us through words.
Dear Humans,
We have so many things to tell you, we did our best by communicating to you through actions and sounds. Hopefully all of you will truly understand us.
We, together with humans and so many other animals have been living on Mother Earth for such a long time now. Things are constantly changing. Back then, so many of us were strays found roaming around freely. Everywhere is our home.
Today, people keep pets and many of us found ourselves a home with an owner to take care of us. Those of us who found a home, are fortunate as they are treated like a queen or king, life can never be better. They do not have to worry what to eat or where to sleep everyday.
Unfortunately not all of us are so lucky, some owners abuse us as and when they like, and some were thrown out of the house when we grow up and no longer seems adorable to the owners.
We are divided into many breeds, some are pure breeds, some are mixed breeds and others is what people called - strays.
Pure breeds are beautiful and nice looking. Many owners prefer pure breeds which is why pure breeds are hardly found on the streets. Does everyone think that those of us who are born pedigrees have a better life than the strays? No! Many of us are brought home to breed and our babies were taken away from us and sold one by one for profit. We feel depressed that we cannot even see our precious babies grow up and they taken away without saying bye. We were then forced back to reality by giving birth again. And the sad cycle repeats over and over again. How do you feel if you are forced to seperate from your baby?
When we are being forced into too much breeding, our babies are born with 'defects'. Some of them have skin problems, some fur problems etc. They do not look like a purebreed and hence seperated from the rest. The lucky ones are found by some kind souls in the drain or rubbish chute. The other majority, never to hear from them again.
What happens when we get older and cannot give birth anymore? That is the part we become part of the strays. We are left abandoned on the streets since our value depreciates to zero. Because of the demand for purebreeds, many of us will forever be suffering in the hands of breeders. Please save us from them by not buying from them.
Many of our fellow mates are homeless, you can adopt them instead of purchasing from the shops or farms or breeders!
So much for the pedigrees, the strays are not any better off. Everywhere used to be our home, as time goes by, human's population increases. More lands are cleared for the purpose of constructing buildings and facilities for people. And the space that we have for ourselves decreases day by day. People's standard of livng improves everyday. They have entertainment, luxurious homes and cars. But what about us? Many of us have to live among humans, not in their comfortable homes, but under housing estates, in the gardens, garbage chutes, drains and etc.
To us, as long as we have a place to stay, we are contented. But there are hundreds and thousands of incidents, we were chased with weapons, being hit by rocks, brooms or poles, and even kicked to death. Some of us did nothing at all but got thrown off tall buidings, get crushed by pervertic and sick people, or even poisoned to death by murderers who slipped poison into our food. I even heard of one man who got angry with his life and he vented his frustration by kicking a cat near him! The cat was not even obstructing his way, it was just unlucky to meet such crazy people. Some of us get culled by fierce and angry people and we are forced to leave our homes and die against our will in a cage. What did we do wrong to deserve all these???
People gave excuses such as us scratching their kids, their cars, obstructing them, our faeces a pollution etc. One famous freak even say by killing us, he is saving us. We would like to tell him the same. If you are afraid that we will breed and populate, do a more kindly act by sterilising us instead of destroying us! Most of the time the main reason boils down to one obvious fact- its just because they do not like cats or dogs.
We want to voice out for ourselves. We do not go around scratching people for no reason. Our naps are more worthwhile, and our time is more important to hunt for food as we starve most of the time. Has anyone seen us chasing people around and attacking them for no reason? No, we do not do such things. Kind people come to us, stroke us, feed us and play with us. Some who are unhappy to witness such kind actions start complaining, making a molehill out of a mountain. Some disturbs us and it hurts, it is natural that we defend for ourselves. And when we do, they run complaining to their parents we scratched them. Then we get culled, because we were disturbed. Because they can speak but we have no voice. Where is the justice?
Many people brought us to get sterilised to control our population. But those on the streets with ears not chipped get captured and put to sleep. It is such a nice term but put it bluntly- it means getting killed. Why are we forced into this state? People find so many things to complain about us. We just want to question those people.
Have we really disturbed you in any way? You complain we are noisy and all sort of reasons, you want us to be banned from the place you stay. But think, the land you stay on, how did you get it? And whose land was it before it turns to buildings and homes for people to stay? People took away our homes by clearing forest, jungles and trees, and construct buildings to benefit them. Question- where can we stay? We would love to have beautiful nature as our homes but can we?? Is it our fault to end up in the HDB area? Can we fight for all that land that used to be our home? We do not mind the fact that humans took our homes away and we do not mind staying alongside with humans. But now you claim the land is yours and we have no rights to be there and we should be banned! Shouldn't we be banning you instead for stealing our land and disturbing us in every aspects?
Back then, people lived in kampong. They were poor but they were contented. They were happy with life and cherished everything they had. They played in the ponds and rivers. They climbed trees. They kept chickens and pigs as pets.
Today, people grow richer and starts to have expectations. They get unhappy over trivial matters. They forgot how to cherish. They forgot their roots.
Please have a heart, we want a place to stay and sleep, just like how you want yours.
Thanks to many kind souls out there who took pity on us, help us or give us a home. We wish we could say "Thank you!". We cannot give anything in return except blessings and a life time of companionship. Friends and relatives can forsake and turn their back on you but we will never betray you. For the ten over years of our entire life, we will never leave you.
-Homeless Animals in the World-
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