Today I want to talk
about something light and joyful like our four-legged friends. Do you remember
an old joke: when you come back home the dog is the one who is glad to see you?
Animals are the most faithful and loyal our friends. And I want to say thank
you to people, who, despite our current difficult situation, do find time to
think and to care about homeless animals without asking anything in return.
Do you remember that not
so long ago Ukrainian media reported of a good woman who had sold her apartment
and consequently had moved from Kyiv to the region to open an animal shelter?
Now, she has about 200 cats and 12 dogs (!). Another hundred of cats as well as
several dogs live in Kyiv with a shelter owner’s assistant. Moreover, volunteer
take care and feed homeless animals.
The good news is that
this noble woman is not alone in her initiative. With the active participation
of indifferent citizens, all over Ukraine new private shelters were opened and the
existing ones were improved. People also help to treat homeless animals and they
create different kinds of organizations that are to protect animals. Remember
the story of the volunteers rescuing abandoned dogs in the ATO area; they were
planning to build a shelter for them in the nearest future. I sincerely admire
such people!
If we talk about
Israel, since 1960, there has been even a special Federation of Animal
Protection Societies in the country. The organization is doing everything
possible to find a home for each abandoned creature. Analysis of dry figures
says that in Israel every year around 20 000 of stray dogs are caught. Approximately
one third of them are returned to former owners. Another 40% are given to
people who want to shelter animals. That is, the majority of animals find their
owners!
They say, the way a
person treats his four-legged friends, determines the level of his moral and
human qualities. I’m glad that both in Ukraine and in Israel this level is
high.
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