Double Standards

Off late, I've noticed many people posting pictures with puppies and kittens to their Facebook/Instagram and ranting about how cute said animal is.

Normally, that would make me really happy. But seeing that these are the same people who once HATED animals, it really bothers me.

Don't get me wrong, maybe people can change, and that particular animal they are holding has found a way into their heart, but for the people who are doing it just because its the new "in" thing, I think its totally wrong.

I see girls who readily pick up cute puppies and kittens at adoptathons but when they come back to their area, they are extremely turned off and even walk fast if a stray on the road follows them.

People who have shunned animals and hit them with sticks and thrown stones at them for the longest time have suddenly realised that puppy/kitten love has grown amongst their friends and society frowns on cruelty because of this. These people have no love for sick/wounded animals or even healthy fully grown ones.

People who signed letters and petitions against animals in my own colony, now have profile pictures with stray dogs on Facebook. They buy/adopt dogs and hire someone to feed them, walk them and groom them, all they do is pet the animal a few minutes and then they're back their lives. Countless animals have been abandoned due to old age or because their owner doesn't have the time for them or is moving to a new city/country. Your animal may only be a small part of your life, but to him/her, you're his entire life.

Its definitely not a change of heart, but since everyone is doing and its the new "cool" thing to do, so why not right?

The one and only reason I've kept quiet about double standards and not told other people about how cruel these people were is that in the end, even if they love one animal, and they give it a moments attention, all they are doing may just be for show, but in that moment, the animal still wins.