“Think occasionally
Of the suffering,
Of which you spare yourself,
The sight.”
Albert Schweitzer
Music: God Help The Outcasts
The more that I work in animal welfare
The more disgusted and disheartened I get
Far too few, even think about animal cruelty
We haven’t even put a dent in animal abuse yet
In my last poem, I wrote of the plight of Gentle Ben
A gentle, blind, old male, abused as a puppy mill stud
The pictures highlighted above, are puppy mill ‘bitches’
Forced to produce litter after litter of pups, mired in crud
Their cramped cages are atrocious, and filthy, and pain-filled
They all live covered in feces, and urine, and mange, and sores
Their offspring, who survive, are taken from them at four weeks
So they can be cleaned up, and transported to America’s pet stores
And these horrendously abused female dogs are given no rest between litters
They are kept for as many years as possible in a continual cycle of pregnancy
Then, when they get too old to have any more pups, they are dumped or killed
So we carefree, uninformed, uncaring Americans can buy a cute puppy with glee
Some of the ‘lucky’ puppy mill ‘bitches’ are eventually rescued from their living hell
By extremely dedicated and unappreciated animal welfare employees and volunteers
But far too many of these abused prisoners of profit and pain, have to be put to sleep
They cannot even be given a few years of freedom and love, and for them, I shed tears
“Why should man expect
His prayers for mercy from Above,
To be answered,
When he shows no mercy,
To those below.”
Pierre Troubetzkoy
Stop Puppy Mills
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AM
You always wake us up, Ed!
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Thank you for yet another outstanding
informative write
Peace be with you
William
fee
Approach your moral authorities, your ministers, priests, rabbies, immams, and maybe even the pope, ask them to make it an issue at every sermon, and if they refuse ask them why, ask your radio and Tv stations to have this issue front and centre, till the politicians finally see the light and outlaw severely all this suffering and pain, you want to get to heaven, this is the way. Ed, I seen these places in person, they are called breeding facilities, because the self serving Pet Industry insists. This is hard reading, but bring it again, and again and the organ. God bless you! Jasmin Horst
Georg
Heartbreaking write; powerfully penned! Thanks for speaking for those who have no voice: our animal friends! They need an advocate like you on their side; more of us should do the same, speak out against such atrocities!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <
I go to the breeder so I can see the parents of the pet I am buying
If I'm not getting a new friend there, I have had several dogs given to me that were going to be destroyed, because the owners didn't want them anymore
One in particular a black lab who was one of the best friends I ever had
Great write Ed, thanks for posting it
Hope you have a good day
The Buzzard
Anna
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(