Ali said it so right about the attitude of the majority towards the plight of animals.

Knowing that his words must have come through his own dealings or experiences with the public at the very place called "shelter", I
myself can't help admitting that a good number of my own friends or acquaintances have the same or very similar attitude concerning animal
welfare. They at least try to show some sympathy (hope it's genuine, not out of politeness), but that's usually all I get. And they just quickly look the other way and move on.

Just like he says, "No matter how disturbing the situation is in the terrifying places called 'shelters', where death is often regarded a salvation, not a sentence, the public does not care one way or the other".

How true and how sad that is.

However on the other hand, there're yet those who care and worry enough about the conditions animals are kept in and who by not just being
outsiders and whiners but are willing to contribute to the improvements.

I hope those people can become a real force to move the governments and the laws, until the place called 'shelter' becomes a place where the animals are truly sheltered from mistreatment, well-cared for and loved, but not a place where the sensitive and fearful animals get more fearful, more depressed, and more withdrawn, then consequently failing the often-given-test of assessment(it's called 'CAMP' at the SPCA), quickly stamped as non-adoptable, sent to a cold table to receive injection for its breath to be stopped, to be killed.

They simply have to die to make room for more animals, because the place called 'shelter'is busy and full with new, constant supply of animals, strays and the surrendered all inclusive.

Hiroko