Compassion
by Donna Anderson
From all-creatures.org
Animal Rights Poetry
Moo-ving people toward compassionate living

Visit the all-creatures.org Home Page.
Write us with your comments: <flh@all-creatures.org>

Compassion
by Donna Anderson - donna1994@delphi.com
Submitted by Susan Roghair EnglandGal@aol.com 4 Jul 2001

The cry of a cow being slaughtered
The whimper of a hunted deer
A squeal of a pig being branded
And the torture a veal calf will feel

The fear in a lab animal's eyes
The boredom of animals in zoos
An animal in slavery for entertainment
The fright of animals on fur farms, too.

Though they do not speak our language
Or understand our ways
Animals do have rights in this world
They, too, know how to love, weep, and play.

We believe humans are intelligent
The smartest of all species
Then why is it we use our friends
And treat them as assembly line pieces?

| Animal Rights | Animal Stories | Table of Contents |

| Home Page | Animal Issues | Archive | Art and Photos | Articles | Bible | Books | Church and Religion | Discussions | Health | Humor | Letters | Links | Poetry and Stories | Quotations | Recipes | Site Search | What's New? |

Thank you for visiting all-creatures.org.
Since