people and animals

by: Yoko


(1)Video clip of cows
(2)Story of Janet

‘’How intelligent cows are!”   When I saw a program of cows on computer, I was surprised. The program was tracing how they eat walnuts in hard shell.

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 We could see the intelligence of cows because they know that height can be force, cars can crash nuts and there is a certain period that all cars stops so they can across the road safely. Other animals also have intelligence.I have a dog. He knows what makes me angry at him. After I found messed trash on the floor and say “What?!” , he always quickly runs away. We can also see their intelligence by seeing shows of animals for example monkey, sheep, dolphins and so on as an entertainment.Their intelligence amazing us and we have fun to see them. However, there is a thing that we have to think.

  

“Elephants and the circus: The Story of Janet”, the story of elephants which killed people, also showed us their intelligence and they have their own mind. In the Janet case, she escaped from a circus tent and tried to kill people. She didn’t hurt people randomly. She was targeting trainers and other employee who were worked in circus and she piked up person and tossed him and after that she tried to stomp him. In case of 2006, trainers were attacked by elephant like the Janet case.  Spokesman explained it accident, however people who had come to see the circus said that the elephant looked like get angry by been hit her near the eye by trainers.

Although we knew that animals have intelligence, I realized that we use their intelligence and tend to forget thinking about their freewill. In the incident of Janet, she refused to back to the trailer. She didn’t want to be treated violently and she wanted to go more comfortable place. To think animal as a “labor” is too selfish of people. 

I think there is a way to live with animals. For the animals, advantage point of living with human is that they don't be hungry and they don't be faced in danger. Only if we respect their free will, we can live together.

I also learned that every news has been corrected by someone.  Circus spokesman don’t want to lose their reputation so they hide the fact and blame elephants. If I had heard the Janet's news only by TV and didn't read this article, I would have thought that it was just an accident and have some fear to elephants. I thought we have to see news from  many aspect.