This is an anti-bullying movement that was started by MinneMama Adventures.
“Bullying-be it in school, the workplace, or online-can have lasting, lifetime implications.”
I recently saw a segment on a news show (BTN11) called KidsSay: Can animals talk?
A conversation that might seem ordinary and cute, to me meant a whole lot more.
A few questions asked to children were:
Do animals talk?
They certainly do! Not in our language, but in their own. A cat meows, a dog barks, and a cow moos. To us its noise, to them it’s a conversation.
Animals also speak with body language. We have to take the time to try to understand what they are trying to tell us by the way they look, move, and sound.
It started last night when I was going through the Newsfeed on Facebook and I saw a post headline and picture about a dog that was abused so badly they said he screamed like a human being when they were approaching him to rescue him. The police officer involved in rescuing him was so moved by this that he has made it his mission to go after the abusers. That is as far as I got. I couldn’t open the post and read it. I was already breaking down. It was the first thing I thought of when I woke up this morning and again I was breaking down.
Most of my posts on Facebook are shared from my blog entries and I know not all of my family & friends are stopping and reading them as they scroll through their Newsfeed. Some people cannot handle seeing or hearing about animal suffering. I am not judging, I get it. I can barely hold it together.
I‘ve seen other images & headlines of elephants on chains, a guy throwing a brick at a dog, a tore up dog from a dogfight. It just goes on and on. Then I start feeling like it is all so overwhelming and I start wondering how I can be making any difference? There are so many animals suffering and I want it all to stop. I wonder if one day this will completely break my spirit.
This picture is heartbreaking!
Should you put a dog on a chain or not put a dog on a chain?
The word “chain” is in itself so negative. I think its acceptable if you put a dog on an extended leash, maybe one made out of small chains, that will keep them safe from running off if you don’t have a fenced in yard. If you have a fenced in yard, there should be no need. Continue reading
Hello followers!
I just joined Facebook. I wanted to share it with you and ask that you please “Like” my page. Also, feel free to share my Facebook and my Blog with people you know. You will be helping animals by doing this. The more people who are aware of issues, the more we can all help make a difference!
Here is the link to my page: Animals Are Feeling Beings Too/Facebook
I plan to post more often from now on (on Facebook and my Blog)!
Thank you!!! Thanks for caring about animals!
“Animals are Feelings Beings Too”
a poem by LeeAnn Johnston
God created all things, including animals
He said I will make man in my own image, my own likeness,
I will let them rule over all creatures, but
Man often misunderstands his words and are treating animals with unkindness
Rule over doesn’t mean to cause harm, but to keep order, to care for
Since man is made in God’s own image & likeness
Then man is not meant to rule with abuse
But with patience, love and kindness Continue reading
Animals Are Feeling Beings Too 