It's a beautiful Summer but always remember to take moments to think about what we can do to make the world a good place for animals to live in. Please pray for dear little Bobbie - his mouth was tied with electrical tape and his face swollen with scars when he was found by animal welfare officers. And remember to thank those people down at the SPCA and SAFE because without them so much suffering just goes unnoticed - they always appreciate donations for example of pet food, so next time we're in supermarkets we have to think about the things we're buying and whether we really need them and can replace it with for example something for a cat. We can go one lunch break without whatever we were going to have - we can even go without the meal of lunch. If one cat misses out on one day it might be their last. So many of them are put down each year simply because the SPCA doesn't have enough resources to look after them. I think what we could do to help is to share our love for animals with the little children we know, and as they grow up they'll become more aware about it and have a passion for making a difference. It can be quite easy to just become desensitised towards animal welfare and say things like: "that steak was delicious" at a restaurant or: "that burger was delicious" without thinking about the animal who never got a choice as to how their life would turn out. Here is Bobbie's story: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10551876, http://www.stuff.co.nz/4819528a11.html. It makes you so incredulously sick. I used to have a pet goat called Lucky, except he wasn't very lucky because my dad and his friends had hunted his mother when he was a baby and instead of running away he stayed by her body crying so dad took brought him back here. Can you imagine a little child who loved and needed his or her mother, but someone came along and murdered her, leaving that child with the only thing that loved them. We do this everyday when we buy meat at the supermarket. I'll never forget all the joy he used to bring me and my family, and never forgive myself for doing that to him. Animals deserve so much better and we're failing them.
