Only a few persons are careful about the life of an animal, specially domestic animal. Most of us are insensitive towards dumb and helpless animals people are generally cruel towards even domestic animals. Animals are mercilessly beaten and killed. Only a few-people are kind towards dumb animals. The true followers of Buddhism and Jainism are very kind towards animals. They do not believe in any kind of vilence.
They are very sensitive about cruelty to animals. They are about even the insignificant creature like ants. These peace loving and non-violent people cannot see any cruelty towards animals. Many people take innocent pleasure in confinging an animal in a cage. Wild animals are victims of captivity. People confine them in a cage because the wild animals are dangerous to man. They cannot be allowed to move around freely becaue they are harmful to society. So they are kept in captivity. There is some justification to keep them in captivity because they are dangerous. But to keep a harmless creature in confinement is certainly in human and injustice to animals.
People should be made aware of this injustice to the harmless animals. This can be done through education about it. Though there is some law against cruelty towards animals, they are still victims of cruelty because most of the people are insensitive towards cruelty. Those who are kind hearted are rare in the society. Even wild animal should be treated with kindness, though they are harmful to man. Nature has made them wild. It is not their fault if they kill human beings. They hence no mental faculty like human being to judge their own action. So, even wild animals have natural right to get human sympathy. There is a need of general awareness about capiivity of animals. Only laws made about it cannot solve the problems.