VEGAN TOEIC クラブコミュの第２号　豚〜最も賢く、清潔で繊細な動物

White Wilbur（ホワイト・ウィルバー）という名前のオス豚の話です。
５才の時、一緒に暮らした「ママ」（飼い主の女性）が
引っ越し先に連れて行けなくなり
サンクチュアリ（保護施設）に送られました。

一頭の「ママ」を慕う豚のWhite Wilburとガンで亡くなった「ママ」。
動物と人間の美しくも悲しい本当の話です。
英語むずかしくないのでぜひ読んでみてください。

オンライン辞書　英辞郎　
わからない単語はコピペしてEnterを押せば意味が出てきます。
http://www.alc.co.jp/

White Wilbur
Summer 1997....
The first days of one of the saddest of stories. Wilbur was five, bonded to his "mom" and she had to move and could not take him. They had been such close companions that when brought here, Wilbur decided to just die. I had to force feed him, drag him in out of the rain, beg him to get up... make him live long enough to take an interest in a new life. After 2 months he finally started coming out of it. And his "mom" came to visit for a few days, which helped him realize his life had some continuity after all. After she left he began to settle in and she made plans to visit as often as she could.
Then she was diagnosed with cancer, a particularly bad one. After her chemo was over and she could travel she came to see him again. They were so happy to see each other. He ran in circles and she laughed and cried and it was wonderful. But she was still weak and got sick and had to leave. White Wilbur lay in the driveway after she left, staring after her with despair in his eyes and tears running down his face. He lay there all night, refusing to go to his barn to sleep. Perhaps he sensed what I didn't. She wouldn't be back.

Wilbur settled in and for the next 12 years was a face everyone came to know and love. A good natured boy who got along with everyone and wanted nothing more than to be fed and bedded down in deep hay and given a kind word and a belly rub.

Last night White Wilbur passed away from liver disease. Today, as I sadly buried him, I knew his life had been a good one, a life full of all the good things and good people who loved him.

For those who are comforted by the allegorical imagery of the Rainbow Bridge, this morning, on a bright crisp fall day, White Wilbur went racing to the Bridge to rush headlong into his "mom's" waiting arms, home for eternity.

11/13/09

http://www.9sites.com/White%20Wilbur.htm

いかがでしたか。


サンクチュアリに来て最初の２ヶ月間は
「ママ」と固い絆で結ばれていたので
（ショックと絶望で）死ぬことを選んだWhite Bilburでしたね。

「ママ」が去って行った時、
White Wilburはその後姿をじっと見つめ、涙を流した。
小屋に帰るのを拒絶し、一晩中その場から離れなかった。。。
それが「ママ｣の最後となることをなぜか知っていた。。


豚って犬のように忠実。。
犬以上かもしれません。。
自ら死ぬことを選べる動物というのは
イルカですが、豚もそうなんですね。

そんな賢く愛情深い豚を家畜として
過酷な環境におき、
残虐に殺して食べている世の中。

多くのひとにこの話を読んでもらえたら。。と思います。
よかったら、日記にこのままコピペして紹介してください。

上記　White Wilburのお話は豚さんのサンクチュアリのWebサイトに掲載されているものです。

このサンクチュアリの名前は
Shepherd's Green Sanctuary　（シェパード・グリーン・サンクチュアリ）といいます。
アメリカ合衆国テネシー州にあります。
３００頭余りの豚さんが保護され、自然豊かな場所で暮らしています。
すべてボランティアによって運営されています。

Shepherd's Green Sanctuary
http://www.9sites.com/about.htm

Its mission : Shepherd’s Green Sanctuary exists to provide rescue, lifetime care and other aid and assistance to abandoned, abused, neglected, homeless and otherwise endangered pigs.

メルマガの元となっている本の写真を追加しました。

「That's Why We Don't Eat Animals」 Ruby Roth 著　North Atlantic Books

著者のインタビュー動画　（やさしい英語なので見てください）　追加しました。

２００９年ロスアンジェルスでおこなわれたWorldFest 2009でのインタビュー動画　追加しました。