Not so long ago, she was a free spirit.
Bears in captivity are expected to live up to 50 years with good care. So, given the context, she may live another 40-45 years. Quite a life to live on— endless cycling within this tiny cage; no growling, no clawing, no scratching her back in the trees to mark her territory.
Felling Guilty to Capture the Moment
All she can do is circle inside the cage till she gets tired and give up on feeling the muddy soil after a drenching rain at monsoon or perhaps, tasting the warm blood gushing from the fish caught in her jaws.
Yet, her life goes on.
Head tugged under her hands as if she is ashamed of her captivity— all her might, it is useless now. She looks away from the visitors as if she is not at home. But the reality— she doesn’t belong here.
She is not subjected to being fed rotten meat and leftover vegetables at the end of the day. She is not supposed to beg for food from the visitors with a lifeless gesture. Her purpose of living is not to entertain the blind souls of benevolent humankind.
She was born majestic.
Her majesty can create fear among living souls, her claws can tear apart the flesh in moments sending a chill down the spine of every breathing creature. She can rule, she was born to rule.
She was born beautiful.
Her thick layer of black fur softens the harshest hands if combed gently from head to toe. Her hug can seize the moments— she can offer comfort; a sense of solace to a lost soul.
But there she is.
Living in this damp cage for years. Her yearning for a decent life is barely reflected in our eardrum, her voiceless whining makes us smile, makes us excited. And we parents; we speak evil of this innocent creature who never knows how to make its way through the dense forests, how to frighten others.
Our child rejoices to see her in captivity— grows a sense of cruelty, slowly moves away from being empathetic to the creation of the benevolent god. And god, in turn, replaces the subject of this “creation” thing with neighbours, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, and finally, self.
That’s how we are producing monsters— blood-loving psychos, sadists, and so-called civilised citizens.
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That little poor creature, Sigh! For this reason, I never wanted to visit any zoo, and maybe never have to.
Last month, I was in my best friend's house, they pet some birds in a cage. It was hard to take their sufferings, I most of the time, tried to seat beside them, showed little affection.
It's really hard to stop this cruel culture.
I am against all sorts of animal captivity even if it's a mad elephant. No matter how dangerous an animal is, if you look closely at its eyes, you can feel the suffering and helplessness in no time.
Don't say you would never visit the zoo, you got no kids yet (1) :P
These zoos really need to get their shit together. In recent news I saw the current state of the animals in Dhaka Zoo, and it made my blood boil. And that's where I'm limited, I can only rage, but I can't change a damn thing, not alone at least.
I heard the news as well and was wondering how those animals came outside keeping the humans caged inside.
I know what you mean haha...
A couple of years back, I saw a dog inside the cage and a few outside the cage roaming freely in the zoo. Now tell me how unfortunate that poor soul was feeling seeing his mates roaming around and he is inside the tiny cage. Well, the authority may have released that dog because I looked for it on my next visit but I didn't see that cage or that dog.
Keeping the dog caged is the most foolish of the authority, how come they display a dog in a cage when we have them almost everywhere? I am guessing it's a different breed but dogs are highly social, either they have understood their mistake and freed the dog or moved it somewhere else to avoid public reactions. Whatever; animals shouldn't be chained.
No, it didn't look like a different breed, even if it was, it was looking very skinny and similar to the street dogs we have around us.
Yeah, it's not there anymore. It was 2019 maybe, haven't seen it after that.
Poor soul. Although I am usually not sympathetic to dogs around us, seeing them in the cage upsets me.
This is that one thing which makes me think we humans are a mistake. Its like we are an invasive species destroying what is natural for both survival and amusement. That bear might not survive being outside of the cage for many reasons. it may kill someone, or may get killed in the process, but we are the reason she is in this situation in the first place.
Indeed, we are a mistake. Otherwise, we could live in harmony with every creature; big or small. As the finest creature of God, we have what it takes to tame the most ferocious beast and keep them as companions. May god guide us to stay on the path of humanity.
Ahh.. The reason why I don't like visiting the zoo. Honestly, that place reflects the situation of this whole country in a glimps. And it makes me sick.
I read a book a while ago, where the protagonist went dog watching everytime his mind got too messed up to deal with, and I resonated with him while he sat at the park and thought how laughable it was that us humans called each others dogs as insults, when the truth was the complete opposites. We are the cruel ones in this universe. God didn't give animals the sense of cruelty. He just gave them life.
An interesting book it seems. Suddenly I feel like I am laughing instead of the protagonist just imagining the situation.
God granted His creations life, we chose to be different and made ourselves the cruellest of them all. Pathetic!
I have always hated the concept of zoos. Ever since I was a kid, I have never really enjoyed visiting a zoo. Everything was just so artificial, and vain. And I used to see kids my age absolutely lose their shit when a monkey jumps inside the cage, or the lion stands up and I used to think - how can anyone enjoy this!
I used to watch a lot of Nat geo and animal planet and I think that imprinted the true beauty of every animal, bird in their natural habitat in my mind.
At zoos, they don't show us animals, they show us caged souls. As a kid, enjoying the animals there is fairly considerable but not for the grown-ups.
Although those documentaries highlight what it's like to be in the wild, I guess there is nothing wilder than remaining unseen and unexplored. When we overcome that barrier and explore everything on earth, we have to think that we have reached the limit; now we have nothing to do but wait for our certain demise.