Obama+letterAR08

Dear Mr. President: I will just start off by saying how glad I am that you were elected into office. I look forward to what you will do for our country. You’ve captured the votes of millions of Americans because of your wisdom and charisma. So in simpler words, congratulations. The reason I am writing today is because of the issues we are having with animal cruelty. The number of animals being killed, beaten and neglected these days is getting out of hand. This is a very sore topic for me seeing how much I love animals. Animals should be able to live peacefully in their natural habitat or their homes without having to worry about being abused or killed. They should have the right to feel safe in their surroundings without having to watch their back every couple of seconds to make sure that there is no one behind them. These animals deserve to be safe. They never threatened or intentionally hurt someone unless there was someone who was teasing or taunting them in the first place, which is usually the case. Maybe people would rethink hurting animals if they knew how they felt when they weren’t being disturbed or when they were with their family or people who love them. It might change their mind if they put themselves in an innocent creature’s place, and experienced what it was like to live your life like you normally do, but keep getting shot at or beaten by angry humans for no particular reason. As a result of innocent creatures being abused or killed, the people should automatically be sent to jail for murder. A human can kill an animal and not be arrested, but an animal can kill a human and suffer a death sentence. This isn’t right. I thank you for your time and I hope to hear a response from you, sir. I hope you feel the way I do about animal cruelty and feel the pain that I do towards these poor creatures. Please respond if possible. Again, thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Anna Radcliffe