Ruminations and Indignations

No need to state the obvious regarding Hurricane Katrina at this point, but certainly offer condolences all around.

However, as a good friend of mine rightly said the other day, we all know how much pets can heal people in times of distress. So how was it that people were made to leave their pets and companions behind in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

A life is a life, no matter human or other. And we can't deny one the right over the other because we may think it inferior. Think of the blind who depend on their dogs, of people recovering from illness or trauma who are pacified by the company of an animal... Plutarch said the following:

"To the Dolphin alone, Mankind has given that which the best Philosophers seek:
Friendship for no advantage.
Though it has no need of help from any Man,
it is a genial friend to all and has helped Mankind."

Just think how many other animals have helped us... and look how they're repaid for it...