4/19/2011 The Truth About the ASPCA by Nathan Winograd- Why Were Animals With Rescues Killed?

"It is not easy to conceptualize 20,000 lost lives. Studies, in fact, show that when we see one animal or one person in need, we feel an incredible amount of empathy and pain. But as that number goes up, our empathy actually goes down. No one knows why. Perhaps it is our brain’s defense mechanism to allow us to cope with horror and still be able to go on about our daily lives. If we could actually feel the pain of a genocide in Darfur or the slaughter that goes on in shelters every day, the pain would be so great we’d be paralyzed by it. Perhaps it is because as the numbers go up, we no longer see names and faces but statistics. In other words, we do not see “Baby” or “Justice” or “Patrick,” but just numbers: 20,000. Perhaps it is because when the numbers are high, it becomes “common” and therefore less foreign; a case of custom reconciling us to what would otherwise be seen as an atrocity. As hard as it is to conceptualize, as hard as it is to feel the pain when the number is that high, we have to try. When we stop seeing it for the bloody, inexcusable, unforgivable horror that it is, we lose a bit of our humanity. Each paw below represents one animal killed despite a rescue alternative in New York State. As you scroll through them, let your eye fall on each one.."
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