1. The Rescuers Creed
I shall be a believer of all that is good in man and of all that is
deserving in animals. I shall plead for their lives, campaign for their
safety and uphold their right to a natural death. I shall seek out the
injured and the maimed, the unloved, and the abandoned and tend to
them in their last days. I shall not forget their place in the hierarchy of
life, nor that we walk in each other's paths. I shall bear witness to the
wonder they bring into our lives and to the beauty they bestow upon
our souls. I shall renew their spirits when they are weary, bind their
wounds when they bleed, cradle them when they whimper, and
comfort them when they mourn. I shall be near them in their hour of
greatest need - a companion and friend when the time has come. I
shall watch over them and console them and ask that the angels
gather them in their arms. From the creatures of the earth I shall
learn the fruits of compassion and undying love, and I shall be called
the beloved of God. In their company I shall indeed be blessed.
~ Susan M. Pearson ~

2. Even in the darkest hours,
There is always Hope.

3. When in the
lives of men
do we forget
those of this
world that need
our protection?
Is it when the
only payment
offered is pure-
undying
love, blind faith
and
companionship.

4. "He is your
friend, your
partner, your
defender, your dog.
You are his life, his
love, his leader. He will
be yours, faithful and
true, to the last beat of
his heart. You owe it to
him to be worthy of
such
devotion."

5. One person
can make a
difference in
many lives.
By just the
simple act of
compassion.

6. "The Animals' Savior"
I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter...the cast-offs of human society.
I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal.
And I was angry.
"God," I said, "this is terrible! Why don't you do something?"
God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly.
"I have done something," He replied.
"I created you."
©Jim Willis 1999

7. To have a home and be
truly happy is bliss.
Would you want that for
yourself?

8. A picture is worth a thousand words
Ask your self:
If I was part of a family how would I want to be treated?
Now how did you answer that?

10. Instead many treat them like they
do everything else in today's
society. That they are
disposable, and unworthy of our
time, effort and compassion. For
all they give Of them selves just to
be in our presence and that all they
ask for in return is love this is how
they treat them.

11. "The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer?"
--Jeremy Bentham

12. No other creature in all of
creation has the capacity
to inflict suffering and
misery on the scale and
depth as humans.

13. Some final thoughts by great people who
were known for their exceptional minds.
"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill
each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder
and pain cannot reap joy and love."
--Pythagoras (philosopher and mathematician)
"To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than
that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the
life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold
that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to the protection by man from the cruelty of man."
--Mohandas Gandhi

14. "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat
are not the better for it."
--Abraham Lincoln
"Even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so
dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath, so that a
man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is
Vanity."
--Ecclesiastes 3:19

15. "If all the beasts were gone, man would die from
loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the
beast, happens to the man."
--Chief Seattle
"Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our
circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and
the whole of nature and its beauty."
--Albert Einstein (physicist, Nobel 1921)

16. "Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first
duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a
higher mission--to be of service to them whenever they
require it... If you have men who will exclude any of
God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and
pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their
fellow men."
--Saint Francis of Assisi (monk, mystic and preacher)
"Until he extends the circle of compassion to all livings
things, Man will not himself find peace."
--Albert Schweitzer

17. "There is not an animal on the earth, nor a flying
creature on two wings, but they are people like unto
you."
--The Koran (sacred scripture of Islam)
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his
dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by
his treatment of animals."
--Immanuel Kant

18. “It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the
blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will
not practice elementary compassion toward our fellow
creatures.”
--Ghandi
"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the
body of each is different."
--Hippocrates (philosopher)

19. "We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and
have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so
badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a
religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."
--William Ralph Inge (1860-1954)
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be
judged by the way its animals are treated."
--Ghandi

20. "Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul."
--Pythagoras (philosopher and mathematician)
"For fidelity, devotion, love, many a two-legged animal
(man) is below the dog and the horse. Happy would it be
for thousands of people if they could stand on the last
day before the Judgment Seat and say "I have loved as
truly and I have lived as decently as my dog." And yet we
call them "only animals"!"
--Henry Ward Beecher (abolitionist)

21. "Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of
thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their
joy, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their
happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not
pride yourself on superiority to animals; they are without
sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by
your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your
foulness after you--alas, it is true of almost every one of
us!"
--Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novelist)

22. "Compassion for animals is intimately connected with
goodness of character; and it may be confidently
asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a
good man."
--Arthur Schopenhauer (philosopher)
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the
goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living
beings, we are still savages."
--Thomas Edison (inventor)

23. "A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast."
--Proverbs 12:10

24. Be the dawn to this long night of
suffering
(Be a testament to love)
Stand as the light in the darkness.
A light of hope, compassion and love.
Be the salvation of one of these deserving animals.
Say that no more will you be abused, and unwanted.
That as long as you live, you will have a place by my
side and in my heart.