Chungtai's Revised version

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.

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[1] This is from my perspective. You might think something else. Please don’t judge.