Recently my friend and I got on the topic of how media shows
awareness for abused and neglected animals. We talked about how they usually
show the animals in their most valuable state, instead of when they are happy
and in a loving environment. One of the commercials that I’ve seen the most is
the one that has Sarah McLachlan’s “In the arms of an angel” playing and it
shows sad looking animals, well I haven’t watched the whole thing because the
second it comes on I change the channel… but other than making people feel bad
for not adopting from shelters (highly recommended by the way) social media is
a great way to spread awareness for these animals. I know that when I see stuff
about abused animals on twitter or other media platforms it’s really upsetting
because once again they don’t show how the animal healed and how happy its new
owners make them. I’m not at all saying to hide that side of the animals life I’m
just saying that maybe they should show “the healing power of love” and not
only “humans are disgusting creatures and don’t deserve the unconditional love
from pets”.
I personally think that shelters should have more events that
people seeking a pet can attend and not only see the animals how they are now
but have the opportunity to read a little “back story”. A lot of shelters have
websites where you can see a picture of the pet and read a description of the
pet, that’s how I ended up getting my cat.
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| My cat Savannah |
Story time: my mom always grew up having a cat, so I thought since
we only had big dogs I could get her a cat to cuddle with for her birthday (which
is in November). After months of trying to convince my dad to let me adopt one I
knew I would need more time, so I figured by mother’s day I’d have him
convinced. Finally I got him to go to the humane society with me and “look” at
the cats, he didn’t know that I had been doing research and already had a cat
in mind…they asked us to fill out a page to “pair us up” with a cat and of course
my dad was being impatient because he had a meeting to go to right after “looking”
at the cats. Long story short he ended up being late to his meeting because he
had to sign adoption papers :)
Until next time, bye.
