Animal Writings

Every new group needs a web site. Somehow, even though our group is a few months old, our web site, www.compassion4animals.org is about 90 percent incomplete. ::embarrassment:: We'll get there. We have some great ideas...

We do have a nice feature on the home page: When you click on an image of an animal in the masthead, it blows up into two side-by-side photos. One photo shows the rich and meaningful life of the animal in the wild or in a loving sanctuary or home (if appropriate); the other photo shows the misery, deprivation, or violent death experienced by the animal when ruthlessly exploited. The photos represent the contrast between kindness and cruelty (on the part of humans); between the result of respect and empathy and the result of callous, selfish indifference.

We're indebted to some excellent photographers, including Deb Durant of Invisible Voices and Derek Goodwin, and to groups such as Farm Sanctuary, Save the Chimps, and Dogs Deserve Better. Looking for pictures gave me a chance to peruse the sites of so many caring, determined animal advocacy organizations. It is really heartening to know that there is such a profundity of groups working tirelessly to bring relief to animals from human-caused injustices, and to educate people on the profound suffering they cause animals every day and how they can quite easily stop that.

Labels: Compassion for Animals, Derek Goodwin, Dogs Deserve Better, Farm Sanctuary, Invisible Voices, Save the Chimps