"It is not the inability to find out

what is going on, as much as a desire not to know about facts that may lie heavy on one's conscience that is responsible for this lack of awareness.

After all, the victims of whatever it is that goes on in all these awful places - are not members of our own group.

It all comes down to pain and suffering.

Not intelligence. Not strength. Not social class or civil right.

Pain and suffering in itself should be prevented and minimised. Regardless of race, sex or species of the being that suffers.

We are all creatures. Non-human animals experience sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile ... capable of growth and adaptation.

Like us, first and foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us, they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. Like us, they express degrees of emotion.

In short, like us, THEY ARE ALIVE."

Sameness wears a different face.