orangutan
Jo and I watched Dateline the other night. It was one of those moments when you think it was fate to have landed on that channel at that particular time; i don't normally go in for long winded political stories, and so generally avoid things like 60 minutes, Dateline, etc...
Anyway, what we saw there has changed me forever.
It was a story about the wild animal trade in Indonesia. People were trafficking animals into other countries for pets; like tigers, little monkeys, lions, birds...pretty much anything that they could catch.
It's not the first time i've seen animals trapped in tiny cages, underfed and in pain; I used to be a great advocate of Greenpeace, and was a member for years, feeling like i was doing all i could to help our beautiful brothers and sisters who were so far away from me. But, nothing...nothing could brace me for what i saw next...
The people who were rescuing the animals were given a tip-off about an orangutan who was imprisoned in a dingey little house in the middle of this city...and, who was shaved, and chained to a bed. Where sick fuckers would pay to have sex with her. She was so frightened when they went to rescue her, her face was so pathetic...and those eyes. I have cried so much for her. She was so fat. Covered in sores. And the rescuers thought she'd more than likely have syphilis or worse from the constant rape. She tried so hard to get away from the people that approached her that she bled from the chains around her wrists and ankles.
The woman, yes, woman in charge of pimping her cried so much when they took her orangutan away, because it was her livelihood. I swear, this is where i could happily kill another person. I would have taken such pleasure in chaining her to the same flea infested bed and ramming a machete up her womanhood, then leaving her there to die slowly and painfully...
I don't understand. I don't think anyone i know could understand or approve of how this poor baby was treated. It is by far the most fucked up, sadistic thing i have seen. And yet, whats worse is, I know deep down that whatever precedent is set by people, it can only be outdone by another sick fuck. We can't get better...it only gets more elaborate and more unholy.
This is a prime example of why I don't want to return to this place. I can't fathom people anymore. I don't think I wan't to understand why they do what they do. I don't want to be classed as a human being if this is what we are. Call me an animal, and let it be known that it's the greatest compliment you can give me.
Anyway, what we saw there has changed me forever.
It was a story about the wild animal trade in Indonesia. People were trafficking animals into other countries for pets; like tigers, little monkeys, lions, birds...pretty much anything that they could catch.
It's not the first time i've seen animals trapped in tiny cages, underfed and in pain; I used to be a great advocate of Greenpeace, and was a member for years, feeling like i was doing all i could to help our beautiful brothers and sisters who were so far away from me. But, nothing...nothing could brace me for what i saw next...
The people who were rescuing the animals were given a tip-off about an orangutan who was imprisoned in a dingey little house in the middle of this city...and, who was shaved, and chained to a bed. Where sick fuckers would pay to have sex with her. She was so frightened when they went to rescue her, her face was so pathetic...and those eyes. I have cried so much for her. She was so fat. Covered in sores. And the rescuers thought she'd more than likely have syphilis or worse from the constant rape. She tried so hard to get away from the people that approached her that she bled from the chains around her wrists and ankles.
The woman, yes, woman in charge of pimping her cried so much when they took her orangutan away, because it was her livelihood. I swear, this is where i could happily kill another person. I would have taken such pleasure in chaining her to the same flea infested bed and ramming a machete up her womanhood, then leaving her there to die slowly and painfully...
I don't understand. I don't think anyone i know could understand or approve of how this poor baby was treated. It is by far the most fucked up, sadistic thing i have seen. And yet, whats worse is, I know deep down that whatever precedent is set by people, it can only be outdone by another sick fuck. We can't get better...it only gets more elaborate and more unholy.
This is a prime example of why I don't want to return to this place. I can't fathom people anymore. I don't think I wan't to understand why they do what they do. I don't want to be classed as a human being if this is what we are. Call me an animal, and let it be known that it's the greatest compliment you can give me.