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Written on 8/26/08

I was just going through my normal routine: sleep, eat, wander, and sleep some more. I was starving, since it was very early in the morning. My eyes rolled over to the horizon and I gazed at the beautiful, hazy, pink and yellow sunrise. I smiled under my fur and continued to search for my breakfast. Lucky for me, I found nearly a dozen chutes of bamboo in one bunch nearby. Hungrily, I grabbed one with my large, black paws and gnawed like no tomorrow.
My sharp, yellow teeth showed as I chewed, but I didn't care. From a human's point of view, I was rather chubby. No one I knew cared about that, either.
As I ate, I had a feeling that today was going to be different. Not the "wander before eating" kind of different, but the "life-changing event" kind of different.
I realized I was right when I heard the cries of humans on the other side of our tranquil valley. I may have been slow, but I was still able to hide before any humans saw me. I heard a loud band, then a thud. I couldn't understand the humans' language, but I understood the cry of the Panda that would never cry again. Now I was scared.
The humans started bringing out two odd-looking objects. One seemed like a box with a shiny, jagged thing that spun and made a loud noise when the human pulled a string. The other was a long stick with a hole through the middle, and was loaded with what looked like small, shiny rocks.
One human pulled the string on the jagged box and held it against a tree, which fell to the ground. I heard another bang, and I gasped when I felt something dig into my side. With a loud cry, I fell over onto the ground. As I lay bleeding, I realized that there was only one safe place in this cruel world. And I was on my way there.
Goodbye.

Now I am your jacket you cruel, evil human. I hope you know how many lives were lost to satisfy you. The next time you look at your panda fur coat, your chinchilla hat, the deer head on you wall, or your bearskin rug, think about the torture and fear we all went through. Think about how we feel to lose in this war for survival.