HELLO, I AM DUKE, I WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005. I LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA WITH MY MOM, GRANDMA, 2 BIG BROTHERS AND A BIG SISTER, HA! & MY MOM IS PLANNING TO GET A COUPLE OF BIRDS!! I WANT TO BE LIKE MY BIG BROTHER DANNY WHEN I GROW UP, HE IS SOO COOL, HE GOES TO COLLEGE AND HE IS VEEERY SMART AND I HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE!! I JUST WISH ALL ANIMALS WOULD BE TREATED THE WAY MY FAMILY TREAT US...MY MOM LOVES ANIMALS SO MUCH, SHE IS A VEGETARIAN!

“The Heaven Bridge”, by Duke
(Please read it, bye!)

“When humans die
They think they go to Heaven.
But just before Heaven
There is a beautiful Bridge
Which connects
Earth to Heaven

Any human who wants
To make his/her way to Heaven
Must go across Bridge

But humans can not just
Walk across Bridge
Since Bridge is well guarded
By aaall the animals
That used to lived on earth
And died too.

Heaven knows
Animals are pure in heart
And Heaven knows this
Because Mother Nature
Is Heaven’s Mother too
And Mother Nature created Animals
As pure as Herself
And She loves them very dearly

So Heaven put Animals
On charge of judging humans
According to their acts on earth,
And according to what Animals know
On how that human treated Animals
When they were living on earth

And Heaven gave Animals
The right to choose
Who should go across Bridge to Heaven….
Or who should go back to Earth
Again and again…

Until all and each,
And every human on earth
Learns to treat
All of Mother Nature’s creatures
With equal love and respect,
Animals would not let him/her
Walk across the Bridge to Nirvana”

Mother Nature created Animals to live on Earth too. Some domestic animals, and also cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, lams, and all farm animals suffer tremendously from animal cruelty on humans hands. If humans are cruel to Animals, such of innocent and vulnerable creatures, What else can we hope from humans? What heart would they have for other humans? If they are cruel to creatures which do no harm to them, How could they be compassionate towards each other?

Mr. Mahatma Gandhi said that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. And I also say that the greatness of a human soul and his/her love to our Creator can be judged by the way he/she treats Animals and all of the creation.