FREEDOM FROM CHAINS & CAGES
For
to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but
to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of
others.
materials courtesy of www.dogsdeservebetter.com
IMAGINE
BEING CHAINED OR
CAGED UP IN
YOUR BACKYARD.
DAY AFTER DAY. YEAR AFTER YEAR. TILL YOU DIE.
”I watch the door hoping someone will come out to play
with me. No one ever does. I long to run &
stretch my legs but all I can do is pace back & forth
over my small patch of ground. Sometimes I get
tangled up in my chain. I shiver in the chilly
nights & pant in the hot sun. I have become
‘part of the scenery’, ignored by my owner.
Eventually, my eyes grow dark. I stop barking for
attention. I have given up hope.
Am I still living?
I feel as if my soul has died.…”
YOU
COULDN'T INVENT A WORSE PUNISHMENT FOR A DOG THAN KEEPING
HIM PERMANENTLY CHAINED OR CAGED.
Dogs
are social beings who thrive on interaction with human
beings & other animals. A dog chained or penned up in
one spot for days or even years suffers immense
psychological damage.
As the days become years, many of these dogs sit, lay,
eat, and defecate within the same 10-foot radius. Chained
by the neck, they exist without respect, love, exercise,
social interaction, and sometimes even basic nourishment.
They
live as prisoners, yet long to be pets.
Humans
have lots of ways to entertain ourselves: movies, video
games, shopping, television…
Your dog only has
YOU.
If
you can't give your dog a happy life, should you even have
a dog?
DOGS
IN CHAINS - THEY ARE THE FORGOTTEN CAUSE.
Their
abuse is much more subtle, no less insidious. They
may not be in immediate danger of death but it is more
cruel, painful and a slow way to death beginning with the
death of the soul. And they are dying out there,
piece by piece, hour by hour.
TAKE THIS STEP WITH US.
Do the best you can for a chained dog today so that he/she can look back one day and see no more chains. That will be the happiest day of his/her existence.