thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 7月28日 11時08分

Photograph by @andyparkinsonphoto/@thephotosociety
Anthropomorphism, the application of human characteristics to animal behaviour, has been a buzz word in wildlife photography for a few years now. This grey/gray squirrel is a perfect example, mainly because of the human-like way that he has his arms folded with an indignant, even scornful look on his face. Of course I have no idea what is going on in the mind of this ninja-squirrel so as always it’d be interesting to hear what peoples’ immediate response might be? My intrigue is heightened further because in recent years science has made significant leaps forward in understanding the sentience of our animal cousins, how they can experience genuinely complex emotions such as empathy, joy, happiness, jealousy, resentment, grief and even post-traumatic stress disorder. Such increasing knowledge I hope will cause a much needed re-evaluation of how we treat our animal cousins, given that we are now beginning to understand the unimaginable suffering that billions of them have to endure just to provide humans with a food that is proving to be environmentally devastating, nutritionally unnecessary and, given the conditions in which many of the animals are raised and slaughtered, morally indefensible. One of the great benefits of social media is its ability to disseminate information quickly, to inform people of the consequences of the choices that we make. If we see that our clothes/electrical goods are made by exploiting child labour in impoverished nations so we can rightly boycott the exploitative brands. In the same way we must now turn the spotlight onto the consequences of a burgeoning global desire for cheap meat and the implications of this, not only for the environment and public health but because of the intolerable suffering endured by what we now know to be highly intelligent, sentient creatures. Your support so far has been phenomenal so please do #followme at @andyparkinsonphoto to keep up-to-date with my images @thephotosociety @andyparkinsonphoto @ナショナルジオグラフィック @National Geographic Travel @natgeoyourshot @natgeoexplore @natgeocreative #graysquirrel #greysquirrel #ninjasquirrel #derbyshire #makeadifference #dotherightthin

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