There are times when I wish I could conjure up a new species, about 20 times our size. I'd call it a Commup. I'd make it generally non-dangerous, but clumsy and uneducated, still quite capable of scaring us or hurting us. I'd make a parental Commup, and a child Commup of this new species. I'd find these parents who let their kids have 'fun' chasing all forms of small animals around. Then I'd wait until their kids stepped outside to play or walk to school, and then watch as the child Commup steps over the top of the house, looming over the neighborhood, dozens of feet tall, and starts chasing the children. All the while the child Commup is laughing and giggling as it rampages around behind the children, who run in terror trying to hide behind trees, weave, turn, speed up, slow down...but they just can't shake this huge monster. The parent Commup just stands off to the side, smiling and watching its child Commup enjoying itself. At any point, even without intention, the child Commup could crush the human children, drive them running into objects, tripping or falling, crossing into the street in front of traffic...but hey...the Commup is only having fun! What's wrong with chasing a little human? Seems fine by me.
Maybe then, only after these kids who were never parented and taught not to think of another living animal as a fun toy to chase, and the parents who would allow their kids to terrorize a small animal for jollies, would they understand. Then they'd be getting their 'Come-uppance'...and could finally see from the other perspective how 'fun' the little chase was.
I agree with others who mentioned it though - don't hold your breath. I don't think I've had a single trip to Disney in the past 4 years where I haven't seen at least one instance of a child running after, trying to pick up, throwing something at, stomping at, kicking, or lunging and yelling at, some animal...while a parent does absolutely nothing, or worse, smiles and watches with admiration or glee. This despite dozens of horrified reactions from folks all around, which would seem to make it clear that though you thought this was a normal, acceptable behavior, most seem to disagree. And I have seen it go so far as seeing children killing animals at Disney under their parents' watchful eye. Shocking and saddening...yet somehow not surprising, which is a sad statement in itself.
BTW - there are actually a few spots where Disney encourages feeding of the animals - I'd say if you are in one of those spots, you can go ahead and feed them. Usually, Disney will put proper animal feed out in a vending machine in those spots. Otherwise, it's best not to feed the animals...for their own safety more than anything.
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