Beyond Words

I was moved today. Moved and affected deeply by something that I saw today. On the cable station Animal Planet there was a progrma called Face to Face with the Polar Bear. It was chronicalling the journey of a pair of polar bear cubs during their first year. One was male and one was female. The last scene I was able to watch was the female at the end of her fist year emaciated and starving. Shaking so badly becuase all her fat deposits were gone... she had no resources left to find something to eat. It was only a matter of time before she became prey for some other animal, possibly another polar bear, to come along and kill her. The site of her was so unexpected and so grotesque that I broke down in tears. Heart wrenching sobs seemed to come out of nowhere as I relived this site in my head. Bailey (our cat) came out to see me because she had heard me. Even now as I think about it and write this I am crying. I feel so much for this animal for any animal that they have to reach this point is so hard for me to deal with. The moral of the story was that our planet is warming. The polar bears main route to food was dislodged and she had to take another path, because of this she lost weight and was unable to make up for it. I feel so helpless for these animals. Our world is crumbling around them and they are the innocent parties here. We the human's are ruining the planet and most people don't care. They say leave it to future generations to fix. How dare we!? How dare we be so selfish that we take away the polar icecaps, or the everglades, or the rainforest?? There are beings that live there!!! There are animals who call that home! Who will stand up for them? Who will be the voice of the voiceless??