Emma Watson, the unforgettable Hermione from Harry Potter, has expanded her family: not the human one but the animal one. He has decided, in fact, to welcome into her life a special friend called Sofia and is a beautiful mestizo adopted in Mexico.
She told it herself in a post on Instagram on her 33rd birthday which took place last April 15 where, retracing her life and all the events that marked this period, she talks about little Sofia: «We are 33, for goodness sake. Let’s say that now I know myself well. I walked away from my life, learned to surf (bad), went horse riding (got better) got a lot of therapy (Yes! therapy). My brother and I joined @renaisspirits. I adopted Sofia in Mexico who appears to be more of an angel than a dog».
The first photo was published on his brother Alex’s Instagram account, and then shared in different versions.
An excellent choice made by the actress to adopt rather than buy. But if she is today acclaimed for this generous action, she was already famous ten years ago, she had sparked a heated controversy and strong accusations from animal rights activists after a photo of her appeared in which she saw herself leaving a beauty center for london animals with a “bubblegum” pink colored dog.
The images, published on the “Daily Mail” website they had created quite a storm also involving the owner of the animal beauty center who had unsuccessfully tried to defend himself by saying that the dye was absolutely harmless to dogs. But the criticisms for the humiliation to which the animal had been subjectedcontinued until she herself had to explain what had happened.
Darcy, that’s the dog’s name, was the mascot of a fundraising initiative for the fight against cancer and he was in his company only for a walk and perhaps to do a little more publicity for the initiative.
Given the explanation, however, it still didn’t seem like an ingenious and innovative way to raise funds, so much so that the animal rights activists replied: «Dogs are not toys, they are not dolls. If you use chemicals on a dog’s coat, you could be causing him problems. Even though the tint is completely safe, you are altering the dog’s smell and this could potentially have an effect on how a dog relates to other dogs. A dog is a living being who, however, did not have the opportunity to say anything about whether or not she wanted to be pink. So .. also not! Whatever the cause.”
Let’s say the craze of many celebrities for transform the animal into an accessoryeven if this was not the case, always perplexes all those who, not considering the animal an object, they know how great a humiliation he could feel. Often they can’t even stand the simple bib, they certainly won’t be proud of sweaters, glasses or caps.
Moreover, the boundaries of aesthetic products for dogs know no limits. For example, there are nail polish pens to color the paws. On the packaging it says they are non-toxic, but that’s not the problem, since it seems the mind of the pet mate is more intoxicated who patiently get there to paint all twenty nails of the animal.
But the follies of this kind are unfortunately many and go from gourmet food to the Spa if the dog is stressed, where mud treatments and massages, just like those for men, on the top floor of the luxury department store Harrods are reality.
It seems incredible, but it isn’t. For this it is never too much to remember that love for our friend he must never go so far as to distort his instinct and his being. Anthropomorphization is a widespread and all too pervasive problem, but it risks affecting their instincts and slowly transforming them into something they are not.
Animals must be loved, of course, but above all respected for their being. They shouldn’t be substituted for children and above all, they shouldn’t be considered dolls to be displayed in a purse.