THE MOMENT OF AWAKENING
“Until yesterday, I was a meat-eater and it seemed to me that I did not contribute to the cruel acts that take place in farms and slaughterhouses. In fact, I used to use fast food restaurants all the time and didn't realize that I was the one paying for this kind of cruelty and evil.
All this changed yesterday. While returning home from a business trip, I noticed a small injured piglet lying on the side of the road, waving its legs helplessly. I couldn't believe that none of the passing drivers stopped to help this crippled little guy.
He lay there bleeding, alone, like some useless piece of trash. I noticed a number tattooed on his bloody ear. His childish body trembled with fear, and he tried in vain to get up to escape.
I carried him to the car where I cleaned and tended to his wounds as best I could. My wife and I started looking for someone by phone who could provide him with veterinary help, but we quickly realized that none of the vets wanted to bother with him.
This is how our uncaring and inhumane system works.
After some time, we finally managed to find a vet who agreed to help Otis, because that was the name we gave him... that number tattooed on his ear was not enough for this little innocent and defenseless creature.
We don't know yet if Otis will survive, but we will do everything we can to help him... and we will do everything in our power so that his brothers and sisters no longer have to live in such a cruel world."
Words and photo: David Stiger via Ryszard Piotr
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