Good Luck tomorrow, I will be thinking of you, and in heart be there with you. This and a lot of other issues when it comes to human treatment towards animals and against cruelty is something that is very near and dear to my heart. We need to fight this in so many different areas. Everything from lobbying to try and get better laws, to pulling animals from kill shelters. I am working in rescue too, and well you see so much more than you ever wanted, before I moved here I lived in Sweden, there I was very active in an org. called " the nordic foundation against cruelty to animals" Even though we dont have the same problems with way way too many dogs and cats, we dont even have shelters the way US have. So that part of it is quite okay there, but we went out to kennels, breeders, farmers and everything else you can think of when there were complaints, then worked with police or state to get that particular person to change or have the animals taken away. But the worst I think was the work with the animals in clinical labs. We were lobbying very hard for a change of laws, when and for what and how animals could be used in clinical tests. Also how they should be kept while in the testing. The law was giving a lot of room for testings that could really be done by other methods, if only they wanted to spend a few extra dollar. The pictures of these animals are still haunting me, I spent a loooot of sleepless nights thinking about them. So no matter where we choose to volonteer, as long as we do, and as long as we speak up when we think things are dead wrong, we are making a difference even if it may take a long time before it can be noticed. The one thing we can never do is to stop. They need us and we are their voices, we should use them and speak up loud and clear to make things change, to make the ones who supposedly make the laws and rules listen. wow hehe did I get carried away there. I just get soooo upset every time I think about these issues, so I cant help myself so when you have had enough just tell me to shut up lol....
Again Good Luck
Marit