“What Humans Owe Animals”
This is a poignant article by author Martha C. Nussbaum who writes about the world’s unabated assault whether realized or not on all animals on land, in the air and in the sea.
Some of our affects on animals may not be as discernible. For example, human development into wildlife habitats. What was once home for birds and wildlife is now a new subdivision of homes.
Likewise, our actions are affecting climate change, resulting in an altering of the pace of seasons when some flowers are blooming earlier than normal in the spring. This has resulted in hummingbirds starving for food because the flowers they feed from on their migration route had already bloomed.
Yet another example is our over-consumption of plastic, that now so much of it is ending up in our oceans killing marine life.
The obvious assaults on animals are direct killing of animals whether for meat, profit, or as a past-time.
We are long overdue not just owing animals to live their lives as nature intended but also honoring their existence and sharing this planet with them.
Martha C. Nussbaum is the author of Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility.
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