What are your favorite animals?

We all have lives and family.

I was drawn to domestic animals such as dogs and cats until I came across parrots and birds and began to admire them. I had never liked rats or frogs, though I developed an interest in frogs later in life. Perhaps the way their owners behaved with them influenced my perspective or my direct touch with them.

My affection for animals has increased significantly.

In my early years, I went on a few bushmeat hunts and appreciated the food they provided, but most of the time I considered their lives and rights to life as well. Even as my conscience struggles to accept it. However, nothing beats hunger, which is the reason for my early hunt activities without guilt. But in my early adulthood, my overall perception of animals broadened. I became disgusted at our direct and indirect participation in this carnage.

Though I am not a vegetarian, whether for fun, business, or consumption, of which many of us are guilty, it is time we changed our attitudes towards animals. Observing the delight of my small children upon meeting pigeons, cats, dogs, even insects and ants makes me happy and increases my respect of them.

We should all do more to safeguard and protect animals. Seeing how well these creatures coexist with humans and follow animals equally helped me realize and appreciate life and every animal’s right to life as well. My favorite animals may be dogs, cats, and parrots, but I also enjoy lions, eagles, hawks, tortoises, sharks, and wolves, among others, even bugs and ants, because we all share things in common.