Many can agree that animals are a cherished gift to humans and that we must protect them at all costs. Yet, some prefer to dismiss them and their boundaries, unveiling the dark side of humanity to these innocent beings. They are left with a lifelong stain of how cruel this world can be. This is the idea described by Alice Walker in her short story “Am I Blue?”. In it, the narrator tells us how she enjoys seeing Blue, a male horse gallop through the grass, joyfully eat apples, and butt himself against a tree. Looking deeper into the horse, she comes to realize that “(...) most disturbing of…