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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

On the other hand, kids that don’t get the experience of having a pet early may become afraid of animals, especially if their parents don’t particularly care for animals. I didn’t get my first dog until I was 20, but since then I have been making up for lost time. A particularly excitable dog is not necessary.

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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

Animal Person

It would be wonderfully dramatic to be able to say: I'm going to fight for animals rather than for language , but it's not that clear cut. Fighting to maintain the integrity of the words humane, love, euthanasia or compassion, is also fighting for animals. It helps them focus on what's really being done to animals.

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Rescue for the rescuer.

4 The Love Of Animals

Your passion to help animals can become all consuming and you can start to feel bitter, frustrated and really angry that no one else seems to care about animals as much or in the way that you care. Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Emotional Exhaustion these are all familiar topics to those of us who spend our time helping animals.

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