(7) PETS AND ANIMAL RIGHTS. 230

PETS AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

I am not a “doglover” or an animal lover, but I respect them a lot. They are living beings and I don’t allow the animal abuse.

I don’t have pets now but I would like to have a one. When I was a child I used to have pets in my house, for example: dogs, cats, birds, etc. I think that people, who like animals, are better people, they are more sensible!

When I was at university I had two subjects in which we did researches with rats.

In Nutrition, we only feed the rat and evaluate the result in their body, they were obviously well fed. On the other hand: Toxicology, we have to make some tests with additives and rats. I really felt bad! … However a big part of products in the pharmacology or food area, were test in animals before to be used by humans. It could be a “necessary evil” until now, I hope that it changes soon. 

 In zoos there are a lot of animals that need to be in their natural habitat, and is so unfair that they are in exhibition, I don’t like zoos, I prefer to see them, in their natural habitat.

I have been bitten by a dog but was a harmless attack, I don’t think that dogs should be banned, but in specific breed as Pitbull, people have to warn.

If I were an animal I would like to be a dolphin because is very intelligent and beautiful!!!