Treatment of Earth’s Animals
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Three articles in the Oct. 1 Times give proof of the arrogance and greed of humans.
The poisoning of baboons, causing a slow, suffering death, is approved of by the Zimbabwe government for its timber industry. It’s the baboons’ only home. Could we please cut down on the human population, not cut down more trees?
A wild horse or burro should be allowed to remain free instead of taken off its homeland and sent to the slaughterhouse for a paltry sum. They are rounded up because “they feed off the vast public ranges in the western United States.” Not wanting to share a morsel, the cattlemen want the Bureau of Land Management to let them have exclusive use of our range for free food for their cattle.
And since the Makah Indians of the Northwest have flourished for 70 years without killing a whale--why now? The thrill of the hunt with a .50-caliber rifle and “at least two motor boats”? Let’s hope they don’t kill J.J. (the rescued, raised and released baby whale) or any other of these peaceful creatures. I can make this statement. My heritage is Choctaw and Cherokee.
Why is it we search for the simplest forms of life on distant planets, when we treat our earthly animal life with such disregard?
KAREN CHOATE HOBDAY
Los Angeles
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