The World's Biggest Runt

An animal has a heart, and flesh that's precious

(But obviously more to "man" than animal)

An animal is a live. It has a body, a mind

And is it forever and ever to be abused by "man" kind

At peace in its field but when human comes near

It cowers and trembles with fear

It can sense that at some point in its life

"Man" will lead it to fate with the blade of "his" knife

"Eat your pet puppy? What a cruel thing to say."

But lead a lamb to its slaughter and of course that's okay

The blood soaked death house to the well gr(k)illed meat

What right do you offer for the life that you steal?

Meat at the restaurant...medium or rare?

How did it get there? Too few really care

Animal for breakfast. Animal for tea.

Animal for supper. "Well who cares?" (We)

Picture the family. Knives in their hands

All waiting for Mummy to produce the dead lamb

Expectant and hungry to chew on it's flesh

Little Sue doesn't like meat. But 'Mummy knows best'

She'll tell Sue of protein because that's all that she sees

Mummy's unaware of blood and heart disease

There's millions starving because there's meat on the table

but try and tell Mummy and she'll dismiss it as fable

Animals in cosmetics. Animals to eat

Animals fill stomachs. But a life is not meat

Animals imprisoned and engaged for our pleasure

Used and abused as mere toys for our leisure

Destroyed and tortured in "mans" laboratory

Humiliated and stripped or all dignity

Dissected and burned and poisoned to death

And what is the reason? So one may add to ones "wealth"

Animals for clothing animals for meals

But what right do you offer for the lives that you steal?

Animals to shoot at animals to hunt

Definition of human.......................

We completely denounce the barbaric belief that to slaughter so called

lesser species for profit

should be viable and morally acceptable to take the life of any living creature

we see as being totally unacceptable. Deeming ourselves as the most intelligent species

we appear to have reached the conclusion that all other species are expendable.

The archaic way of thinking has led to both the extinction

and near extinction of hundreds of species of animal during our short time on earth.

What we are faced with is a complete reassessment of our whole moral standards.

Not only do we use animals to achieve our own ends.

We also seem to believe that it is our natural right to do so.