Tourists were easily spotted as they were generally caucasians. The Asians were a bit more difficult to identify. However, snippets of their conversation identified their nationality.
No matter what color or what language they speak, they are all human beings, with red blood in their bodies, with the same concern for their offspring, with similar hopes of a good life for themselves and their own.
Only their stations in life differ. It is an accident of birth, whether you are born into a life that brings you the benefits not enjoyed by those born in the slums. It is also an accident of birth that sees you either living in disaster-prone countries or elsewhere in places that appear to be blessed by God.
A farmer toiling to eke a living from the land, an investment banker who works in air-conditioned comfort, a housewife who tries her best for her family....they all have the same aspiratons. To have a better life for their family. The degree of comfort differs.
I think that we all try to do good while in this life, to help those in need and to be kind. However, I need to qualify this because I just found out that there are people who are unkind and downright bad because they poisoned the stray dogs that have been coming to my brother's place for food. He used to feed the starving eight strays that were loitering in the neighbourhood and they looked forward to the evening meal that my humane brother gave them without fail every day after he returns from work. A couple of weeks ago he discovered that only two dogs came for their meals and he couldn't locate the rest no matter where he looked.
A few days ago his neighbour mentioned a foul odor emanating from the hill closeby. He went to investigate and found the rotting carcasses of the stray dogs he used to feed. They had obviously been poisoned.
No one, not even dogs, deserve to die this way.... being poisoned. It is a very agonising slow death. Only people who are heartless without any humanity would treat animals this way. May their sins find them out one day.
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I still wonder why God creates dogs or cats or other unfortunate animals to become strays and to suffer in the hands of another of His creations i.e. human beings. Often I wonder, there would never be any strays had we use our brains and heart properly. Strays are caused by people who do not neuter their pets thus unwanted breeding or dump their pets anywhere once they get bored with them or their pets get old and sick. Strays have to survive and often they go to the dumpsters or anywhere they can get anything to fill their hungry stomach. They will not be rumaging the bins had we know how to take care of our garbages. If we blame them because they are dangerous, they have their own reasons.
Yes, only heartless people will poison the strays which also have the right to live and our duty to protect and help these animals. Lets pray for our humans to be humane so that we can be a great nation in the true sense of the word. I salute those like your brother and feel the pain the heartless had caused to those poor creatures. I do believe in karma! Punishment comes in different form.
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