Social Media Animal Cruelty

An abused animal shared for all to re-post

I know that social media is an outlet for individuals to reach the masses. For the most part posts are associated with daily life, relationships, and the most recent sharing of video’s. Social media is also an outlet for families who live long distance to stay connected and share photographs and the happenings with each other. Social media is the way people stay connected in today’s ever distant world. However, when I see a post of any kind related to animal cruelty it just disgusts me.

Now don’t get me wrong, animal cruelty is just terrible and no animal deserves the awful abuse; but seeing it on my thread that is suppose to be full of happy is difficult to deal with. The sad faces, abused bodies that are shared, and the depressing words that adjoin just bring me down.

I understand that people want to stop this horrific act of animal cruelty, but what are you really doing by sharing and posting these kinds of things on social media? Yes you’re making people a tad bit more aware, however are really out there doing anything in the physical world outside the digital social media world?

People have the right to post what they want and it isn’t my place to tell anyone what to post, however take a moment and think about what you’re really doing. You’re not helping any animal who has suffered, you’re not stopping any abuser, and you’re not making yourself look any better.

What I mean by that last sentence, in my eyes it’s a little sickening seeing those sad abused animals on someone’s news feed. It's nauseating and disheartening. To be even more honest, I hide the post because it makes me want to cry. Those poor innocent animals have already suffered enough, why display their battered bodies for everyone to see like that? When a man, woman or child gets abused you don’t see on social media an abused picture with words asking to share and pass it on.

Let’s show these suffers, these animal suffers some respect and give them back their innocent and dignity.

Blog by Melissa Chandler