animals don't have feelings

I can't sleep. I can't even think of sleeping right now. My heart has been aching; weighed down by a tragic sadness. I'm no fool, I understand that what's weighing on me can't be fixed by me alone, nor can it be fixed tonight, or this year even. Yesterday as I was driving to work, I thought of all the abused and abandoned pets I pass weekly as I travel; each with their own story. It feels me with this deep sadness that I can't even put into words. A sadness that only grows as I find myself feeling more and more powerless. I work with many of these kind of pets only a weekly basis. Week in and week out, I try to remind myself you can't save them all. I've had a number of people tell me that, and I do understand that I won't be able to save every homeless pet in the world. Like I said I know this can't be fixed in one year or two even.

It's my belief that entirely too many people turn a blind eye to animal abuse. I know there are people out there that just aren't 'dog' or 'cat' people, it's completey understandable; different strokes for different folks. But to NOT report animal abuse is uncomprehendable. I've said before that I refuse to try to understand abusing an animal. There's no point in trying to understand it. No answer will suffice. As the (mentally) 'stronger' vessel, we as a human race tend to neglect the 'feelings' of these living, breathing creatures. That truly saddens me. HOW can you look at a dog or cat and really think they don't 'feel'. Sure, they don't understand ever word that comes out of our mouths, but they do understand kicking, burning, depriving them of food, etc. and that has to make them FEEL unloved, unwanted, NEGLECTED. Report any and all animal abuse! How can people not understand that it's wrong?!?!?? This is not a subject for debate. It's wrong! Failing to report a person abusing an animal is wrong, wrong, wrong!!!

I am in the process of working on a abuse/neglect animal project to help get people involved in animal rights advocacy. I looked through hundreds of pictures tonight, as I compile the images I'll need. The site brings me to tears literally. It's almost as though I've reverted back to a helpless infant, I can't stop river of tears as I sift through the photos. HOW CAN SO MANY OF US JUST NOT CARE! It blows my mind that people see these things daily, and still have the gaul to say animals don't have feelings. Complete bullshit!