We all humans have been evolved by apes and we all are practically related to monkeys, well that’s what scientist believe, and still we don’t like to be called one. Like humans, animals too have a heart and feelings to emote.

Have you ever seen a group of lambs playing in a field? They leap high in the air and invite each other to join by kicking out their hind legs, frolicking with each other just like children do. They are engaged in such activities just for sheer pleasure they derive from it like humans do while playing cricket or other game.

Animals do not exist just to find food, eat and procreate, to be killed or kill. They are community with families and acceptable social behavior and they too have feeling of happiness and love and dislike, stress and fear.

Author Jonathan in his book Pleasurable Kingdom says, if they look like having fun as if they are enjoying themselves, they are. He writes about a watching a group of cubs with their mother; the cubs are playing with their mother. They climb up on her back and try to balance on her spine, they chase and paw at tier tail, and when she rolls onto her back they play fight. These cubs aren't practicing for the kill; they are simply enjoying themselves and having a good time. Like human children, animals do exactly the same thing. Wrestle and roughhouse like young chimpanzees. Crows and ravens often hang upside down only to fall off and freefall for several seconds before spreading their wings and repeating the process over and over again. Both mice and baboons roar with laughter when they are tickled.

Scientists have studied chimpanzees and found their laughter like noises and human laughter identical. Touch is extremely crucial to both people and animals. Just as a hug or a caress can make you feel better, it holds same significance for animals. The animal will roll over to let you rub more, go limp in your arms and close their eyes. Birds do the same with each other. It is common knowledge that touch is needed to bring comfort and strengthen bonds between parents and child, friends, lovers, etc. The same is true for many other animals. All vertebrates have a nervous system that receives tactile simulation and warmth from the surface of the body. Dolphins are similar and have even been known to prefer a rub to a fish when given the opportunity to choose. Rhinos and bears run round and round with glee and so does horse and cows that kick their heels up and prance about.

It is not only our moral duty to protect animals for the delight of nature's creations but also let the animals live out their lives in an identical fashion to ours and let the whole world be one harmonized place.