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53 Shocking Illustrations Reveal How Animals Feel By Switching Them With Humans
With us, humans, consuming so much of farm animal production, such as meat, dairy, eggs and so on, nobody really wants to think about the conditions these animals live in. Animals kept in these farms, are often just a hair away from animal cruelty cases, with their living conditions being the bare minimum requirements to keep them alive. It's the same for some companion animals, where they are purchased purely for human entertainment, or wild animals shot for sport.
Now, imagine a parallel universe where domestic animals were the dominant species, and they treated us like the human race treats them. Pretty scary thought right? Well, that's the theme of this shocking series of illustrations that are designed to get you the issue of animal abuse on the spotlight.
Compiled by Bored Panda, the list features many animal rights scenarios we can probably relate to. The only difference is, the humans and animals have been reversed. Some of the illustrations are pretty gruesome, so you have been warned, but hopefully, they'll help you to look at the subject from an entirely different perspective.
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A vile barbaric practice that must be done away with. Torture is not entertainment or cultural tradition
It's quite a soft illustration when you know that in fact foxes and other fur animals are skinned alive because only their skin/fur is interesting and it takes less time to do it while they are conscious than killing them first (not that it would be more acceptable if they were killed first).
One of the worst thing ever elaborated. And on the other hand the same people doing that regularly to animals will get all offended when they read an article about someone who boiled a kid.
I have birds that are out all day, only use the cage at night or when we go out.
Not good luck if you lose the foot though.. Sam: (supernatural) 'I lost my shoe..'
:( I remember the story of the killed baby dolphin because of selfies..
I think it would be more accurate for the shark holding the rod to be a worm
Ah, finaly a realistic one on how fur is really taken from animals. It just misses the sound to make it like those videos you can find on youtube, once you heard it you can't forget it unless you're one of those humans from the degenerate branch of evolution of course.
Circus involving animals is a barbarian show. How can someone take his/her loved ones to see this kind of show and feels happy and proud of it?
Dairy Industry - the truth. Humans force cow to be pregnant and then take away the child from her! (Veal Farms!) so humans can drink cows milk which supposed to be for her child. Then after mothers milk is finished they will repeat it all over again..and after a few years of this exploitation and abuse they will slaughter Her. Imagine shop shelf where on one side is veal (cows child) and beside in milk section is the milk of the mother for this child. Dairy Industry - Pure Evil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn1GmYHpjiw
I've seen and shown dairy cattle and can say you are stretching the truth. Veal is only for boy calves and that is a horrible practice. The babies are removed for their safety (infection) and the parents actually enjoy being milked. Many farms have self millers and the animals go in more often when allowed to milk themselves because it relieves the pressure building up and they get treats. Dairy cows get to live on pasture and have all needs provided for
Load More Replies...Picture of what is going on here is symbolic. If you would take pregnant baby belly out from the picture, people then would say that this is some kind of porn. The reality is that people never see cow in pragnacy stage and never think why the cow has it's milk and what happened to the baby cow.
They are milked after giving birth. It is the same with all animals, including humans.
Actually it goes like that in most of the farm in Switzerland: cows give birth then start to be milked, then after 2 months they get pregnant again then they keep milking them until one month before they give birth again.
i´m actually considering of becoming a vegetarian because of this picture.. this is probably problem with those who eat meat, they need to understand what happens to the animals, and perhaps see a gross picture like this to reflect over it. people just eat meat because it tastes good... but what if ate my dog just because it tastes good? i bet my dog has feelings too and i bet you can have a cow as a pet too.. and love it and take care of it as well.. animals have feeling too.. the more i write the more convinced i become to be a vegetarian!
vegetarians still participate in cruelty leading to animal suffering and death. Dairy and Egg industry purposely kill their animals after there reproduction stops or they are downed. Dairy cows become low grade meat. Egg laying hens also get killed when egg rates lower. Not to mention male chicks are ground up in a macerator since roosters can't produce eggs which are profitiable for the industry. Male calves are also not profitable for the dairy industry. They have to seperate children within 1 day of birth. Sometimes a few hours after. The males are starved/fattened on not cow milk but grain mixture. Then sold to market as veal. So the egg and dairy industry by and large is a horrible.
Load More Replies...Does anyone know who the artist is? I went vegan because of this illustration. It affected me profoundly and I want the artist to know.....
It's completely true. Milk kills and that's why I don't drink it. But I wonder why the women have such long pubic hairs?
No, it's bringing awareness to animal cruelty.
Load More Replies...Or it could portray many of the countless births they endure
Load More Replies...No, matter of factually, it's actually showing how COWS are milked, and I never knew that breast feeding was a sexual desire!
Load More Replies...I rather feel sorry for the underpaid waiter having to deal with sometimes ingrateful complaints, than for the fly that accidentally flew into the hot soup. What are you suggesting with this one anyway? Installing nets on your kitchen windows? Or is it "eating the insect out of respect" (as bizzare as it sounds)?
There used to be human zoo's, up until recent history. Ironically, Adolph Hitler was the first to abolish them in Europe.
It lacks blood and infected wounds and feces everywhere with one or two cadavers rotting in it to be realistic.
A kid in my class was doing this and I lectured him for like 10 min. and guess who got in trouble? ME!
trees aren't animals.... Plus, we kill them right away. We dont just sit and watch the tree die and laugh maniacally. (not saying the tree is...) also (most trees) dont have blood. AND technically, they dont have a spouse or child either. (unless you count the saplings as tree children.) Sorry if you really liked this one. I am just stating the facts of my opinions.
I'm sorry. I should have Google the word. But Google shows Kanada, Canada and Canadá. Now I'm not sure. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada
Load More Replies...I already said this somewhere else in here but I'm going to repeat it again...someone should make one of dogs forcing humans to fight
Please think about how these images make sense and consider reducing YOUR impact. Maybe cut out dairy or reduce your meat consumption. You can make a difference.
These images show the reality of how cruel we are to "lesser animals." Most of us choose to ignore the suffering that goes along with exploiting animals for meat, fur, milk, etc. Humans SHOULD be required to hold these images in their heads if they're going to exploit other sentient beings for their own selfish uses.
Great pics but bad title. Humans are animals too. This kind of separation thinking is part of the problem. Last I checked, we were in Kingdom Animalia
Breaks my heart. If only we would behave like the caretakers of the earth that we are supposed to be.
I wanna thank to this post. Why don't we use realistic fake fur or Foie gras....? Isn't it possible? I don't eat or wear these at all...
Wow. I liked almost all of these.. It's sure a harsh reality out there. These pictures are brilliant though.
This is exactly what people like poachers and trophy hunters need to realise that it is cruel to treat animald the way they do
This is absolutely brilliant! People should be forced to see the reality. Parents especially should stop lying to their kids about where there food comes from.
Someone should draw the alternate universe version of humans putting chickens with knives on their feet in a ring to "enjoy" c**k fighting.
Makes you realise how "dominion over the animals" has been misinterpreted.
Just look at those parallel universes. Those pictures make me want to reach for the Brain Bleach (http://www.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrainBleach)! I have also seen "Parallel Universe" pictures where people are switched with animals and/or plants.
Overall a good post. But my main beef (pun intended) is with #27, the one with the bear sitting at the bar with a couple of old frontier woodsmen wearing coonskin and skunk tail hats, while he's wearing a severed human butt in his head. The cartoon itself is funny as hell, but for a damn good reason. It's an old "The Far Side" comic from the mid-late 80's. Why is Gary Larson not given proper credit?! I doubt that he's suffering financially, but intellectual property rights need to be respected. '''Twas his shining mind that dug up this nugget 'o gold.....
I mean yeah a few of these are sad, but the food product ones don't get to me. They died for our survival. Thats why the food chain exists. We're on the top, and everything else is on the bottom.
My brother and I did a whole book on this: http://animalcrackersbook.wixsite.com/animal-crackers
I don't think death is cruel but I do think pain is cruel and no sentient being should ever be hurt on purpose. I don't really get veganism for that he purpose of saving animals from death because a good portion of animals themselves eat animals so why shouldn't we? I mean it's not pleasant or nice but apparently this is the way it is. I wish we could all be herbivores but we're not. I know we can survive without eating animal products but they would still be eaten just not by us. I don't like the fact that animals are basically tortured for a long time before they are killed. So I only eat from a few brands of meat that come from local farms that have the highest welfare and that I have researched extensively. I eat only eggs from my neighbour's chickens who live are very happy lifestyle. The eggs haven't been fertilized by a rooster so they coulsnt have become babies. The only thing I don't do is drink milk because there is no avoiding the cruelty in the milk industry unfortunately.
Kinda funny but kinda morbid at the same time. I bet this will make a bunch of people want to become vegan.
I actually loved the pictures, I hope more people see them, maybe it would help some people to change
Very good illustrations. Today, people are so programmed minds that they need a strong stimulus to awaken.
And yet people call me a hippie when I tell them there is no religious motive behind me not eating pork
I may be the only one that doesn't love it... Because you know...your dods and cats eat other animals too, and you buy them that food!!
Yeah, so you have to keep eating bacon and nuggets because cat food...
Load More Replies...Where's the one where humans are trapped and/or poisoned in produce and grain farms, instead of squirrels, chipmunks, mice and rats ? The one where humans are being displaced and slowly poisoned for oil that is eventually made into plastic wrap for products, including tofu burgers ?
Support the Animal Liberation Front !! The animal you save may be yourself !!!
Still eating meat. It didn't bother me because I was laughing, laughing & laughing. Is good to have a sense of good humor. Thanks!
To my mind a lot of these are obsolete. I can understand the invasive testing, hunting endangered species, battery farming, etc, but a lot of these depict situations in which the animals are killed humanely, or at least quickly, and simply is the gory aftermath of dealing with the body, have laws against them, or just flawed understanding of physics (i.e. the horse and cart is no different to those rickshaw cart taxis).
Those vegans will do anything to exploit animals for their agenda to end cruelty and suffering! images-572...e4797f.jpg
Load More Replies...I'm sorry. I should have Google the word. But Google shows Kanada, Canada and Canadá. Now I'm not sure. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada
Load More Replies...I already said this somewhere else in here but I'm going to repeat it again...someone should make one of dogs forcing humans to fight
Please think about how these images make sense and consider reducing YOUR impact. Maybe cut out dairy or reduce your meat consumption. You can make a difference.
These images show the reality of how cruel we are to "lesser animals." Most of us choose to ignore the suffering that goes along with exploiting animals for meat, fur, milk, etc. Humans SHOULD be required to hold these images in their heads if they're going to exploit other sentient beings for their own selfish uses.
Great pics but bad title. Humans are animals too. This kind of separation thinking is part of the problem. Last I checked, we were in Kingdom Animalia
Breaks my heart. If only we would behave like the caretakers of the earth that we are supposed to be.
I wanna thank to this post. Why don't we use realistic fake fur or Foie gras....? Isn't it possible? I don't eat or wear these at all...
Wow. I liked almost all of these.. It's sure a harsh reality out there. These pictures are brilliant though.
This is exactly what people like poachers and trophy hunters need to realise that it is cruel to treat animald the way they do
This is absolutely brilliant! People should be forced to see the reality. Parents especially should stop lying to their kids about where there food comes from.
Someone should draw the alternate universe version of humans putting chickens with knives on their feet in a ring to "enjoy" c**k fighting.
Makes you realise how "dominion over the animals" has been misinterpreted.
Just look at those parallel universes. Those pictures make me want to reach for the Brain Bleach (http://www.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrainBleach)! I have also seen "Parallel Universe" pictures where people are switched with animals and/or plants.
Overall a good post. But my main beef (pun intended) is with #27, the one with the bear sitting at the bar with a couple of old frontier woodsmen wearing coonskin and skunk tail hats, while he's wearing a severed human butt in his head. The cartoon itself is funny as hell, but for a damn good reason. It's an old "The Far Side" comic from the mid-late 80's. Why is Gary Larson not given proper credit?! I doubt that he's suffering financially, but intellectual property rights need to be respected. '''Twas his shining mind that dug up this nugget 'o gold.....
I mean yeah a few of these are sad, but the food product ones don't get to me. They died for our survival. Thats why the food chain exists. We're on the top, and everything else is on the bottom.
My brother and I did a whole book on this: http://animalcrackersbook.wixsite.com/animal-crackers
I don't think death is cruel but I do think pain is cruel and no sentient being should ever be hurt on purpose. I don't really get veganism for that he purpose of saving animals from death because a good portion of animals themselves eat animals so why shouldn't we? I mean it's not pleasant or nice but apparently this is the way it is. I wish we could all be herbivores but we're not. I know we can survive without eating animal products but they would still be eaten just not by us. I don't like the fact that animals are basically tortured for a long time before they are killed. So I only eat from a few brands of meat that come from local farms that have the highest welfare and that I have researched extensively. I eat only eggs from my neighbour's chickens who live are very happy lifestyle. The eggs haven't been fertilized by a rooster so they coulsnt have become babies. The only thing I don't do is drink milk because there is no avoiding the cruelty in the milk industry unfortunately.
Kinda funny but kinda morbid at the same time. I bet this will make a bunch of people want to become vegan.
I actually loved the pictures, I hope more people see them, maybe it would help some people to change
Very good illustrations. Today, people are so programmed minds that they need a strong stimulus to awaken.
And yet people call me a hippie when I tell them there is no religious motive behind me not eating pork
I may be the only one that doesn't love it... Because you know...your dods and cats eat other animals too, and you buy them that food!!
Yeah, so you have to keep eating bacon and nuggets because cat food...
Load More Replies...Where's the one where humans are trapped and/or poisoned in produce and grain farms, instead of squirrels, chipmunks, mice and rats ? The one where humans are being displaced and slowly poisoned for oil that is eventually made into plastic wrap for products, including tofu burgers ?
Support the Animal Liberation Front !! The animal you save may be yourself !!!
Still eating meat. It didn't bother me because I was laughing, laughing & laughing. Is good to have a sense of good humor. Thanks!
To my mind a lot of these are obsolete. I can understand the invasive testing, hunting endangered species, battery farming, etc, but a lot of these depict situations in which the animals are killed humanely, or at least quickly, and simply is the gory aftermath of dealing with the body, have laws against them, or just flawed understanding of physics (i.e. the horse and cart is no different to those rickshaw cart taxis).
Those vegans will do anything to exploit animals for their agenda to end cruelty and suffering! images-572...e4797f.jpg
Load More Replies...