Cruel Comfort Comments

Superb and touching, Tony. I cannot but feel the same way but try to console myself - or assuage my part of the collective guilt - by telling myself that it's 'different' for animals and birds - like fish with their four second memories! Despite that, freedom is the right of every creature, regardless of whether we, in our bizarre arrogance, consider them intelligent or worse, measure their intellect by our own questionable standards! Some day, I am sure, history will look back upon the cages, zoos, circuses, assorted menageries and even animal test laboratories, and shudder. Sadly, it will not be in our lifetime. Thank you for confronting us with our short-sightedness, ignorance and disrespect to our fellow creatures.

I knew it had to be a caged creature as I read down knowing I would end up being upset. 'Be-deviled and broken, alone in abject slavery'. Strong images Tony and how I hate cages! 10 Karin Anderson