There. I said it. I cry for animals, not for people. When a dog dies in a movie my throat tightens and my eyes burn. When humans die on screen I mostly feel numb. That is not because I am heartless. It is because I have watched humanity long enough to feel disappointed, exhausted and deeply skeptical of what we call human kindness.

The big pink elephant in the room is humanity itself. Is there anything on this planet as destructive as humans. To survive we take everything. We cut forests, drain rivers, dig the earth open, build cities that choke the land, produce endless waste and plastics that end up burned or floating in the oceans. We kill animals for food which would be natural if it stopped there. But it does not. We destroy habitats and when animals dare to return we shoot them. Bears, wolves, snakes, spiders. Creatures that were here long before us are treated as invaders in their own world.

We industrialize life itself. Animals are bred, confined and grown in environments designed purely for efficiency, not dignity. I will be honest. I am part of that hypocrisy. I love animals and I eat meat. The only reason I can live with that........

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