ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT

In doing so, they have done a lot of damage to their first walked surroundings.
They have felled trees, polluted waterways, caused
the extinction of many animals, and done other terrible
things.

Can you imagine what it's like to be cut down like a tree,
hunted down like a tiger, or shot like a bird ?

Read the following passage.

Dear Human Being,

Put aside your axe, your hammer or your rifle, and lend
us your ear for a moment.
God created us, humans and animals, to live together in
harmony on our planet Earth.
He gave us trees, plants, rivers, mountain and many
other things for our needs and enjoyment.
In all our different forms and characters, we make up
everything that sets us apart from other planets.

The only thing is that you, as a human being, were made a little superior to any of us.
You were given a little more inteligence and more of just
everything else so that you can do more.
You, with all the skills given to you, are able to invent
tools,erect bulidings, and make works of art.
In other words, you have the power to rule the world.
You do as you wish : you maim, you kill, you destroy,
all in the name of development.

But what do you really gain ?
What about us animals and our habitats ?
You ignore our needs, and are intentionally blind to our fate.

Unlike you, we don't have the ability to create things.
Aside from our instincts, we rely on our bodies alone :
our fur, our feathers, our muscles.
But just like you, we know the joys and sorrows of
living : the taste of freedom and the glory of every new
day; the pangs of hunger and the pains of death.

We, like you, love our children, and cry when one
of them dies.
But even if we are less than what you are, we, too,
are creatures of God.
We also have the right to live and to have our own
place in this world. You cannot deny us this right.

We know you need us to survive.
Take what you need from us and our environment,
but don't take it all.
If you take everything from us, in the end you will have
nothing.
If you destroy us, you will destroy yourselves.
So please, let us be.

Respectfully,

Your fellow creatures on Earth