As I’ve been browsing the other blogs through the surfing frame, I’ve been noticing most charities are for human beneficiaries. Several people are blogging for animals, but most are for people. So I feel like I should justify why I picked an animal charity. It’s because animals are part of our lives. Not just our pets – obviously they are our most cherished family members, and in the case of service animals, they are even our most trusted companions. But all animals are part of our lives. The kittens born feral before a TNR program is implemented are just as deserving of care as my precious little fluffums, Princess YumYum, who has just joined me in the bedroom and is stuffing her face into the catnip jar. I don’t know those kittens, and as feral kittens it’s unlikely I ever will – although our cat Truffle was born feral and domesticated very young – but they deserve care and love just like my animals. Just like every human being deserves love and care, so does every animal.
Given the choice between saving a human’s life and saving an animal’s, of course I would choose the human – they are more likely to make contributions to society, more likely to express appreciation, etc. But that doesn’t mean we can only focus on humans. Animals are here. Once you accept that, you see that they are well-deserving of your charitable contributions.
