Agnes wrote on Jul 6
th, 2017 at 12:35am:
There are so few organisations that work for animal welfare/rights and that is very sad thing to read- animals rights concerns are almost non existent and I would be very happy for someone to prove me wrong
I suspected that years ago, but it's true. There are so few volunteers around and it's probably because it's too expensive for most people to get involved.
If our society doesn't give a stuff about neglected and abused kids - why would they give a damn about animals? It is all a pretense that people care.
Since I've been feeding these cats a group of children across the road have come to my attention. There are 7 of them - aged between 1 and 15. The mother left after the baby was born and there is a doped up father looking after all these desperate children. They are out on the street in this freezing weather at 7 am (when I feed the cats) in shorts, T-shirts and bare feet. They are always hungry and begging for attention.
Every time they see me or my daughter - 5 of the youngest - aged 4 to 13, come running up and surround us. They just want to be cuddled and talked to. They are small, thin and neglected, but basically sweet souls. How long will they stay that way? Their mother - a junkie - rarely visits them.
Aside from a kind Christian neighbour living nearby who buys them clothes nobody else cares. They are considered feral and the sad thing is these children know it.
Here I am whinging about abandoned animals when in this prosperous country - abandoned children are also ignored.