Think of an animal. No, not an elephant. A goat, for example, the goat of the Legion, which parades every year around this time. They have a name and, it is assumed, a retirement, when the animals have finished their active life. Now think about your animals called companions, what they do to us, how much good during the pandemic and the rest of the days they provide (to us). They too, dogs and cats, age, as we do, they become slow, they get sick, and we end up saying goodbye surrounded by love. Yes, there are heartless people who abandon them, many heartless people, whether they are old or young, those who until that moment had shared a roof and love, at least one part had put it, with them. Yes, there are too many heartless, but you already know that they face the censure of the majority and also soon the different legal consequences of their actions.
But not all animals will enjoy this improvement. Now think of hunting dogs. The greyhounds, slender, elegant; The hounds, with their profile reminiscent of the god Anubis, not in vain their origin is in ancient Egypt. They were gods and now they are nothing short of trash when they have already given everything. As they cease to be useful, many, again too many, are abused or abandoned in appalling conditions and more. They are dogs, they too; however, they will not be protected by the Animal Welfare law that is being discussed in Congress. The amendment presented by the socialist group leaves them outside of this protection, as well as other working dogs, such as those used in livestock activities. Because they? What justification is there to abandon them? It’s not understood.
The shelters are full of dogs collected in terrible conditions. Every time I see a greyhound walking down the street I wonder what it has escaped from, what horrors it has suffered, where it came from. And then I remember a drawing I saw on Twitter, a woman accompanied by a well-groomed dog crosses paths with a man dragging a greyhound. The woman can’t hold back her tears, neither can the greyhound. We are still in time to avoid this cruelty. They wouldn’t do it with us.
