SAFE NATURAL CURES & LIVING

Animals or kids?  Animals or babies?  Animals or people? 

When a horse and many dogs are found residing inside a house, there is an outcry against their living conditions.  Animal control is called and acts very swiftly.  Besides the filth, the outrage is that a horse should be able to run free.  The sidenote in the news story is that there is a child in the home.  If a concerned neighbor had called to say that a child was living in filth, would child protective services have acted as swiftly?

Testing is done on rats in a laboratory.  It is found that a beneficial drug causes horrific birth defects.  Animal rights protesters are outraged.  Would it be better to have thousands of human babies be born this way?   Do they think that a good alternative would be to allow women to take all new drugs without any testing?   It is possible in a society that not only allows but encourages abortions, even partial birth abortions that are performed because the mother is depressed.  This would never be allowed in a vet’s office.  Why is letting the baby be born and go to a loving family not a better option? 

Our pets give us so much in their lifetimes.  When they get very old and are in constant pain, we humanely (note the root of the word) have them put them to sleep.  We cry but are happy to know that they are no longer suffering.  But, when Grandpa gets very old and is in constant pain, it is illegal to do anything to speed up his death.  Our strongest pain medication does little for this pain, and Grandpa begs to be allowed to die.  Some doctors even worry about giving certain pain medications to Grandpa at all because he could become addicted.

Animals or kids - animals often receive more concern.  Animals or babies - animals seem to be more important to some.  Animals or people - animals are definitely allowed a more humane death.  It is good to be caring of animals, but not at the expense of losing our humanity.