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Dharamsala Animal Rescue

4 The Love Of Animals

Dharamsala Animal Rescue helps the thousands of homeless street dogs that roam the streets of Dharamsala. This month they are trying to raise awareness and funds to help end the suffering of animals in Dharamsala, India – please visit them on Facebook to help them reach their goal. Many of the dogs are sick, injured, or starving.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

"environmentalists" would have to value the life of an Atlantic salmon more than the life of a human because, in environmental terms, there are too few Atlantic salmons and far too many humans. To old-speciesists, nonhumans must justify their existence by proving useful to humans; in contrast, some or all humans have inherent value.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

4 The Love Of Animals

According to the Humane Society, over four million dogs and cats are euthanized every year with six to eight million placed in kill shelters across the country. The animals at these shelters suffer extreme stress from deafening noise levels, horrible environmental conditions, and many other factors that contribute to behavioral problems.

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On Stanley and Family Commitments

Animal Person

So when we adopted a human baby we knew we'd have to teach that human to avoid Violet. The growing little human in the house was basically taught to stay far away from dogs and respect their space. I have no idea how anyone has more than one human child. Would you give someone the gift of a human baby for Christmas?

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