Please post this on bullitens...circulate it. I want more people to see.



One at a Time: A week in an animal shelter by Diane Leigh and Marilee Geyer

During the week this book was written 363 animals passed through the shelter.

How did they get there?
249 were brought in lost or stray
97 were surrendered by their guardians
14 were brought in for euthanasia due to illness or old age
3 were taken in under protective custody

What became of them?
15 were found and claimed by their families
6 were dead on arrival
6 died after arrival
2 were stolen
2 were transferred to other shelter
215 were adopted to new homes
117 were euthanized

"My dream: to witness the birth of a tiny kitten or puppy and not feel sad. To be able to see a litter of newborns as the wondrous creatures that they are, not another petnential vicitm of our society's ignorance. To know that each and every one will find and keep a loving, lifetime home. Will it ever be so?" -Shelter staff member.

Could you imagine....working in a shelter and your sole purpose in that shelter is euthanizing 117 dogs a week? Thats about 16 dogs each day. Could you imagine, holding each dog or cat, injecting it with sodium pentobarbital, and gently talking to it while it slowly falls into a subconscious state then dying??
No one should have to make a living this way.
No dog should die in a stranger's arm.

"Before we can fix our troubled relationship with nature, we must be willing to look at it." -Derrick Jensen

"The hope for the animals fo tomorrow is to be found in human culture which learns to feel beyond itself. We must learn empathy, we must learn to see into the eyes of an animal and feel that its life has value because it is alive. Nothing less will do." -Kenneth White

Now, are you caring? Do you see? An animal is a prison. Alot of the time a death sentence. And most of the time what have they done to deserve this? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing.

Who's to blame? You. I dont care who you are. You are to blame. I'm to blame. Me, who's sending this message out ...I'm to blame. I've made the mistake of breeding pets. I've made the mistake of buying from a pet store. My family have made the mistake of buying from a puppy mill. I'm to blame.
And what if you haven't bred, or bought a pet from a pet store...what if you haven't gaven money to puppy mills? I don't care. You are still to blame. Because what are you doing to save these animals in shelters?

If you have the ability, you have the obligation. Educate yourself, then educate others. Save a life.

Whats the first step? Passing this on.

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Over 15,000men found themselves talking to the Atlanta Humane Society about an 8 week old black labrador retriever. Some men are too easy.

Top ten reasons to make gay marriage illegal


01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.


02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.


03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.


04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.


05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.


06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.


07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.


08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.


09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.


10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.


Repost this if you think gay marriage should be legalized...or if you just found this funny

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.


I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.


I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.


We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.


I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.


I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.


I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.


I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.


We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.


I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.


I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.


I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.


I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.


I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.


I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.


I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.


I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.


I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.


I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.


*Repost this in your jounal if you believe homophobia is wrong.*