DEUTSCHYves Zenger
Animals are our brothers and sisters and the keepers of being
Animals are no soulless living machines. They are like us, they are our brothers and sisters, feeling as we do, fooling around as we do, enjoying things as we do. And they even mourn as we do. However, there is a big difference: they simply are. They are the keepers of being, are always in the present – maybe without knowing it: enlightened beings. Animal welfare to me means that we afford these adorable creatures a happy life: happy in the sense that they can be themselves instead of spending a miserable existence as objects of use.
What about plants? If plants, too, have their own form of personality, nothing changes in my attitude: It is self-evident for me to deal carefully and respectfully with the world I share – with humans, animals, and plants. This also includes not buying cut flowers or using pesticides in my garden, which I mow only late in summer to let nature develop and reproduce freely. More…
