We may not be able to bring back our pets, but maybe we could help to save someone elses.

PETA’s Michele Rokke reported this morning:

“The hotel shook with bomb strikes during the night, and then we were off to find whomever we could. Amid the horror, there is some joy: Today, we saw a lot of big dogs in the mountains as we drove to Saida. They had evacuated themselves and were playing by the side of the road. They have found food and seemed happy, away from the bombing. If there are any animals left after the war, the real work will come then.”


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Thanks for letting us know about this. After every disaster there are pets who suffer, missing their owners, starving, doing what they can to get by. A few days after Hurricane Katrina, the first thing I did after sending a donation to the Red Cross was to send a donation to help animals specifically. It broke my heart to hear of and see the photos of the animals waiting and suffering, but so heartwarming to know that there were people who cared enough to go after them. Noah's Wish and Best Friends, as well as many other animal welfare groups, responded for the animals because so many people who evacuated couldn't take their pets. Recently legislation passed which I believe requires pets to be evacuated and held at facilities in order to be reunited with their owners. It's been reported that many people didn't evacuate because they wouldn't leave their pets behind, and perished. I completely understand that reasoning.

I remember hearing that before the tsunami hit last Christmas season, a lot of animals instinctively headed inland, as though they sensed a disaster was coming. It's fascinating that animals are so attuned to their world - what a difference it would make if that sense could somehow be harnessed to help people too.

Every disaster, every war, brings pain to animals as well as humans. I realize the sanctity of human life, but I'm glad to know that there can be hope for animals as well.

Again, thanks. One of these sites gives updates and is truly fascinating - I know I'll be up late reading, and thanking God for people who care this much.

We do have this ability, unfortunately we have supressed it.

Or dare i say without getting political we were made to supress it.

I envy those people out there in the thick of it actually doing something