It is almost New Years Eve. It is the moment in the year that in many countries they celebrate the transition from one year to the next when they let of Fireworks. In some countries, it is customary to have many fireworks by individuals. The use of Fireworks holds the mystical meaning to curb evil spirits by the huge sound and light scene.
That huge sound and light scene is what attracts many people. They set fire for hours in the Fireworks and fearlessly shoot fireworks in addition to ornamental use like carbide, avalanche flares or emergency arrows.
The same phenomenon occurs even at other times during the year when the so-called music or dance festivals are held in the open air.
The public organizing or attending these festivals find it’s great to do. They don’t realize how much they limit the living space of animals thereby. Also, they do not realize how far the sound carries. They only base their festivals on the legal standards there exist. Standards that do not take into account all factors that play a role. The sound and light penetrates unsolicited and undesired deep into the environment of the animals. The living environment of humans demands increasingly more space at the expense of the area of animals as humans fill the space with roads, houses and their intrusive presence by which they invade others space.
The excessive sound and Light humans promote because they do not take into consideration all aspects. Some of these aspects are the sensory organs of animals are not impaired as they have to humankind. Another aspect is that the long streets that carry the sounds far away. The houses and stony environment work as speaker cabinets. Many large trees and shrubs do not stop the sound, because man minimizes their presence.
Animals crawl frightened under banks or cabinets due to the excessive sound and light nuisance. Some animals are traumatized for many days. The birds are suddenly nowhere to see. For animals is this excessive degree of sound and light a harbinger of impending doom like a disaster.
Actually indeed a disaster happens by this prolonged and excessive noise and light pollution. It causes hearing loss and probably also sight damage, making the animals disoriented if they remain in this pollution. It causes stress. Stress turn into disease. Much more disturbing is the dumb down it causes due to the negative impact on the brain. On one hand, this comes by long-term exposure to excessive sounds and light nuisance, on the other hand, by the unnatural sounds. In addition to animals, also people suffer under the same consequences. People are a far cry from the consequences of their actions and of their feelings, so the impact hits them when it is often too late.
This prolonged sound- and light nuisance does not curb spirits, but call them forth to show themselves. Annually there is an increasing tangible and intangible damage, such as diseases after such events. Such events are no festival for animals and conscious people. The question is for how many people this is a festivity.
