Thinking about this Earth as the only environment to live in, we are captivated by what we are surrounded and by what this earth provides us. This somehow forces us to cooperate with the species around us since we share the same grounds. But this doesn't seem to be the case. People don't really take a moment to think about the animals as creatures living, eating and breathing out of the lands we share. Animals are just some secondary "thing" that people may not only neglect but also harm in several broad ways. It is maybe due to the old age when animals were the only resource to man in order to ensure their living. Animals were considered objects from which milk, meat and clothing were and still are being obtained. They never ever considered whether or not this animal being lead to slaughter has feelings or not, whether or not this animal is sad or maybe feeling ill. Maybe human beings were self-absorbed and all what they thought of is how to fulfill their superior and inferior needs not regarding the "other's" needs. Also, we can tackle the point that man always sought for shelter. As we deserve to be sheltered, animals do too. Nowadays and every minute of the day, animals are subject to slaughter, violence, suffering, pain, hunger, malnutrition, abuse and misuse. That is all due to the fact that animals are left to wander around in the streets, to get run over by cars, to get diseases and sicknesses and to suffer from malnutrition. The latter itself can cause major affects on human beings due to spreading of diseases by indirect and direct contact. Let's assume: What if animals ruled the world? What if we, as human beings, were thrown and neglected on the streets, abused and slaughtered for personal interests? Would we like it? Why wouldn't we treat others the way we would like to be treated? Is the inability of animals to socially and verbally interact, the power that drives human beings to commit cruel crimes towards animals knowing that they will surely not speak a word? Let's think about it for a moment to reckon that man had forever earned his living out of animals. Roger Scruton, a philosopher, argued the fact that since animals are unable to engage socially or make moral choices, they cannot be regarded as possessors of rights and that only human beings do. Others argue in parallel that there is nothing wrong in using animals as resources for human purposes. Simply, Descartes, in the 17th century, stated that animals are non-humans and they are purely mechanical with no rationality or even consciousness. On the other hand, rights were given to animals when it was necessary to interact with other species living on this earth. That is to ask; Isn't it about time now to give animals their gratitude to what they have offered and still are and be able to spread even wider the awareness against animal cruelty? Is it ethical to disregard animals' interests and rights  to live pain, struggle and abuse free?

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