A Great Loss

When I watched the movie The City Dark, I was in shock because this movie presents a reality that we are living now, and nobody seems to notice. We are adjusting to live our life without thinking about anyone else due to our selfishness. We are losing some species and the night sky, and those are very important parts of our universe.

The lights of the city and the pollution have played a major role in the extinction of many species. Those animals, as shown in the movie, have been dying every day due to confusion. For example, when the turtles hatch and see the city lights, they believe that the light is the light reflected in the water by the moon, and instead of going to the sea, they go the wrong way. Eventually, many of those animals die. Even though many people are trying to protect them by guiding them to the sea, their effort is not enough because many places do not have such protection and without it, the innocent animals are misguided and hopeless.

Every inhabitant of the earth should have the same rights to live here. We were created to share this place with the animals too, but we have forgotten that because we think that we are almighty, and we can do anything that we want to do here. We believe that we have the right to think and decide for others because animals cannot talk or think for themselves in such matters. Most of the time we do not consider them or if they will benefit from our decisions; we are failing in protect them and their habitats. We fail to consider these species as important as they really are or that we are all on the same planet, and that we all belong to, not only to the world, but to this immense universe.

If we continue acting in the same way, in a few years many of those animals will be extinct, and they will be part of ancient history like the way dinosaurs are. If our cities continue growing and creating more lights that affect those animals, they will continue this pattern and probably the future generations will see or know about those animals that once existed only through books. Now is the time to be aware and try to find a solution to this problem that is threatening these worthy creatures. We only think about how to make money, create the best buildings, and have the latest in technology, but we never think in creating a better world for all of the earth’s inhabitants, including its animals.

We are losing the night sky and its beauty because we are replacing it with city lights. When we see the city sky, we find a place without stars or the moonlight. We also seem to not notice that, and we do not pay any special attention to it. If we keep doing what we have done so far, maybe we will not be able to see the moonlight or the stars in the future, and it would be catastrophic for all human beings.