Excerpts from:

Human Greed and Arrogance
An Insight into the Mind of Animal Rights Activists
Why we do what we do
Author remains Anonymous

"Humane-iacs." That is the label animal rights activists have been given.

We animal activists are blessed (yet cursed because it drives us and controls us) with the gift of constantly looking at any individual and imagine being that individual. We are constantly putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes.

We "humane-iacs" have a desire that was planted deep inside our souls. This desire is to constantly be doing something, anything, to make up for other human’s greedy actions. If we are not helping those with no voice, we feel guilty and we just can’t help it.

When a situation is brought to our attention about someone beating a dog, for example, we "humane-iacs" cannot seem to get the situation off our mind. It eats away at us, eating, eating, eating. We tell ourselves to try not to think about it but then we still feel guilty because we know that even if we don’t think about it, it’s still happening.

If animals had a choice, they would certainly take our side.

IMAGINE…
Being a Circus Elephant

Imagine being a circus elephant. Everyone knows performing elephants are hit, gouged, poked with sharp hooks, yelled at and shocked on a regular basis. Just imagine your body inside the body an elephant and your mind, inside the mind of an elephant, a highly intelligent individual. Imagine someone ten times smaller than you poking you every day with sharp hooks, hitting you as hard as they can with a pipe over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. This is someone 10 times smaller than you! Just imagine. Would you like it? It would be like a human being shocked, poked, gouged, abused and controlled by a Chihuahua! This 'Chihuahua' shocks you near electricution and grinds sharp hooks into your sensative skin, even into your private parts. You ache to be with your family, to know your mother, even though you know these "smaller" beings killed her when you were an infant. You ache to be outside and smell fresh air, you ache to be able to eat fresh vegetation and walk around and explore nature. You crave to play and frolic and swim with other elephants. You deeply crave your freedom. Instead you are locked inside a concrete building with no windows or inside a semi trailer with no fresh air. Your feet are chained to the wall so you can’t even move. You hardly get anything to eat. Sometimes they don’t give you food or water at all. Pain and suffering is all around you. You know you are an individual, yet, you are not treated like one. You know you are a slave and you do not see any way you will ever not be a slave. These "smaller" creatures are in control of your pathetic life. You are constantly in fear of the cruel beings that are ten times smaller than you. And you have to live this way for FIFTY plus years. Would you like this life? Would you even want to continue living? Think about it.

Elephants are endangered and why? Because of humans. Tigers are endangered and why? Because of humans. Panda bears are endangered and why? Because of humans. Mountain gorillas are endangered and why? Because of humans.

Common Ridiculous Argument from Haters

Animal Rights Groups just want money.

Who is using animals "for money?" Money is needed to purchase educational materials, reserve funds for emergencies when animals are in emergency conditions and need to be transported, provide veterinary care, etc. Money is needed to help animals in many different ways. Animal Rights Groups DO NOT USE ANIMALS FOR MONEY. Who is out for money?

People are stupid for putting animals first and not abused children, etc.

How stupid to think that people who care about animals dont care about their families and children first. We just have lots of compassion left over so we give it to those who need it. All of our needs are met, our children, families and people come first and animals come last. We just have lots of love so we spread it around to everyone.

Circus Animals perform only their natural behaviors.

Bears wear tutus and ride bicycles and walk tight ropes in the wild? Elephants give children rides in the wild? Elephants are chained by their feet in the wild? Elephants stand on small platforms in the wild? Elephants do handstands in the wild? Elephants wear ornate costumes in the wild? Tigers and bears jump through hoops that are on fire in the wild?

No argument can prove that these animals are not suffering. They have been robbed of their God given rights to freedom, abilities and instincts. A simple look into their eyes tells all. They are not happy being captive slaves. They are also not beaten with bullhooks in the wild.