Rumours of suspected bird flu attacks have resurfaced, and with that organized efforts to wipe out the virus. Only that it is synonymous with with wiping out millions of chicken.
Have we really begun considering ourselves to be God? What gives us the right to wipe out entire populations of these defenceless chickens? I have been a part of bloody and gory instances, and managed to stay pretty much composed right through. But i could watch the video of the culling for no more than a few seconds. I felt disconcerted and and downright sad at the ruthless efficiency with which the people were breaking the necks of the chicks and dumping them as garbage into bins/pits. I am certain that the chicks have the emotional intelligence to comprehend what was happening in front of them, and the certainty that the same fate is going to befall them as well. All this, because they are suspected of having avian flu.
Drawing a parallel, if humans were to be culled every time they got flu then population and environmental concerns wouldnt exist at all today. In fact it might be a worthwhile thing to do - every form of cold or flu in the world is incurable. See a human with cold? Wring his/her neck and dump the body into a pit at least 12 feet deep, else you might contract it too.
Without having to elaborate, the analogy is obvious for that human disease that scientists today all over are trying to battle and control. But would we do to them what we do to the chickens? No. Unthinkable. We try to bring them into the mainstream, and make consistent efforts to help them lead a normal life.
Which leads me to think: Probably the only mistake the chicks committed was in being born as chicks. Why would anybody spend millions in developing vaccines for chicken which are going to land up eventually on our plates anyways? Go ahead, cull them. But mind you, there may come a time when it might be man's turn to lie dead in that pit - only that this time it would be fellow humans themselves who have decided that funding for medical research to develop vaccines is simply not worth the (money) effort.
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Excellent post. Very thought-provoking. Keep up the good work.
very pertinent point of view indeed. You got me thinking along the same lines. Although, I don't know what the solution should be when it is a pandemic. However, as you rightly mentioned if we would not think about exterminating afflicted humans, then why not in the case of birds. There should be some solution for this.
Good post.
i love chicks.....
hehe.. infact i am sure most guys my age do....
wht say?
trinngggggg!!!!!new post
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