Saving
the animals; Animal Allies
This year’s FLL topic is Animal Allies. But what is Animal
Allies? What does it mean? What is its importance to us? And that is what I am
writing about today. I am writing about what Animal Allies means to me[1].
I will first write about my perspective now, then I am going to research and
take a look at what other people think, and next I’ll explain how this changed
my perspective.
So first of all, what are we doing to the animals? We are
taking away their homes and killing them to benefit ourselves. We cut down
forests for buildings, but many animals live in the forest. We hunt down
animals to feed ourselves or to make decorations or other special things for
ourselves. Once I write all of this, I feel like humans are sort of selfish.
Still many people are fighting to help the animals. Some places, like pet
shelters, find homes for animals like cats and dogs, while other wildlife
foundations focus more on saving endangered species from extinction.
To me, Animal Allies means helping animals that are having a
hard time living in the wild. Animals are amazing creatures, yet so many
animals are becoming endangered because of our (the humans) actions. Pandas’
homes in the bamboo forests are being destroyed by us to make new homes for our
people. Plastic bags and oil spills in the ocean are endangering animals like
penguins and whales. There are so many more animals that are being put in
danger by us. We need to stop these actions and keep the animals alive. And
then there are the animals that are not endangered. We need to help them, too!
Just because they are not endangered doesn’t mean they can’t become endangered!
All animals deserve our help, and it is our duty to give them what they
deserve.
Though I didn’t really find other people’s thoughts about
what Animal Allies meant to them, I found a lot of organizations helping
animals or saving them. Many organizations were finding homes for animals.
Other ones were trying to cut back on using animals for food. A really good
site is https://www.worldwildlife.org/. It is an organization saving animals across
the world.
Looking at these sites did not really change my perspective
on Animal Allies. Their thoughts were similar to mine; we need to save the
animals, and mostly just provided ways to save these animals. I think that with
the growing community of people trying to save animals, we can very well give
these animals a better life.
