“Equality isn’t only supposed to be followed in terms of polity”
Equality, literally means the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. According to the Mathematics point of view, Equality is a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal, basically an equation. It seems there is a lot of diversity and difference in the definition too!
What role do all the inhabitants of this Earth have to play in equality? What do all of you think? Isn’t there any equality over here? Of course there is, equality plays a good and sufficient role almost every day in our daily lives, then why not between all the organisms of this Earth?
Imagine a world without any other species except us. What springs to your mind? As per me, I can only see through a world devastated, destroyed, spoiled, barren and not at all fit to live in.
“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal”, once quoted. Animals, birds and all other species too deserve to play an equal role along with us on this Earth.
“Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure”, says Samuel Johnson.
Do you know friends, there are only about 3000 tigers in the world today. “Every single day another tiger is killed in the wild”. It is all upon us, our responsibility, our thoughts and our duty to save these animals, now talking about tigers. A very recent news: KANPUR : With the state government developing a habitat for Asiatic lions at the Lion Safari area in Fisher forest in Etawah district, the Society for Conservation of Nature has jumped in to spread awareness on tiger conservation among school children in remote villages. The campaign was launched on the occasion of ‘World Tiger Day’.
The dodo is another famous species which has already been extinct. The first documented appearance of the dodo bird is in the early 15th century by Dutch explorers. Because the dodo bird’s natural environment lacked any significant predators, dodos were fearless of people. This, combined with their inability to fly, made them an easy prey. With combination of human hunting and becoming prey for animals brought onto the island by the explorers (i.e. dogs, cats, pigs, and rats) dodo birds became extinct in late 17th century.
Upon the initial extinction, very few took notice of the bird. In the early 19th century, scientific interest in the dodo bird was rekindled after some evidence of the bird was found in the swamp on its native island. Also, the use of dodo bird as a character in the Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland sparked interest in the dodo bird with the general public. Since then, multiple films, cartoons and other media have used dodo birds as an example of an extinct species.
Another extinct species is the Pyrenean Ibex. While the exact cause of the Pyrenean ibex’s extinction is unknown, scientists hypothesize that a number of different factors contributed to the decline of the species, including poaching, disease, and the inability to compete with other domestic and wild ungulates for food and habitat.
The ibex are thought to have numbered some 50,000 historically, but by the early 1900s, their numbers had fallen to fewer than 100. The last naturally born Pyrenean ibex, a 13-year-old female that scientists named Celia, was found mortally wounded in northern Spain on January 6, 2000, having been trapped beneath a fallen tree.
Based on this, we can actually say that equality does cease to exist between all organisms on Earth. We humans are using up all the resources, and moreover, are threatening the lives of other species too. “Earth was created for all of us, not some of us”, rightly said.
There are still so many endangered species out there which are literally pleading for equality, and surely if that one day comes where not even a single species exist due to inequality created by humans, we will all regret but then it is surely going to be late. Continuing, let’s look into a quote, “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst”
This topic is widely being debated too nowadays… In fact, 53% of the people of the world support the topic whereas 47% do not.
I personally agree with the statement and would have no hesitation in saying that, “Animals are living creatures too. Why humans feel they are better is beyond me. Mankind would be nowhere if other
types of animals did not exist. It is just as bad killing an animal than it is to kill human, it is simply murder. I believe humans are equal, if not lower, than other animals”.
But then of course, there is an opposition, saying that, “Even if you believe that animals have the same worth as humans, you can’t possibly believe that they’re equal. The ability of a human to breathe underwater is not equal to that of a fish. A cat’s ability to drive a car is not equal to that of human. You could make an almost unending list of the ways in which humans and animals are unequal”.
Again I can still say that, “Perhaps where worse animals would only kill for the sake of their lives or their young we kill each over for pieces of paper. We are destroying the world animals stay in line with nature. All we can do is try and make the change in ourselves maybe then the world can change too”
And then, once I got a reply from the debater, stating that, “Are you an animal? We can sit here all day and argue all humans are animals blah blah blah. But we are the most sophisticated of all animals, we can speak different languages, cook food, drive cars, go to college, and even debate over other animals not being equal to us. And that is why animals and humans are not equal. The intelligence level of a human is far greater and that’s what separates humans from other species. If animals were equal a dog and cat would reply to this and defend themselves, that’s just not possible. And for those that want to say “you can teach animals things” well yes you can but regardless they will never be able to perform at the same mental capacities as you and I. Like I said, humans are just more sophisticated”.
A quote just springs to my mind, “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”, rightly said by Charles Darwin. Concluding, I’d like to ensure that whomsoever has gone through this small blog of mine, has surely understood what I have tried to convey and what have I tried to increase awareness on.
Friends, the matter of equality doesn’t only come to play in parliaments (for justice) and poverty (for victims), there is much more to it, there is much more to explore, much more to gain, much more to get aware of, much more ensure, much more to get ensured of, much more to grasp, much more to observe, much more to listen, much more to life and, much more to equality. I’d like to conclude with a quote of mine, “The people of the Earth are growing day by day, not in maturity, but in greed.”
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