DogsInDanger
Ghandi's prophetic statement, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated," was our companion while we developed the concept of DogsInDanger. Ever ask yourself why one can watch a hundred soldiers get shot in a war movie, but be emotionally stricken when seeing those same soldiers shoot a small puppy in that same film?
We call them our "best friends", we put them in places we call "shelters", then we kill them and call it "putting them to sleep". Our actions speak volumes of our society and our species - in essence "do evil, recognize the evil, pretend good" works for us, keeps us a functioning entity...going to work, raising our children, taking care of our parents etc, etc.
With DogsInDanger.com our goals were twofold, 1) save these wonderful creatures, and 2) shine a mirror on ourselves. In that reflection, I believe exists the path to our advancement as a civilization, redemption as a species and understanding as a thinking being.
When one looks into the eyes of a dog on our memorial wall, what we feel will tell more about ourselves than about the dead dog. That moment I hope will become a moral compass, as it did for me, in whichever direction it points. The dogs that died yesterday in our shelters, without a sound nor whisper, now have a voice through DogsInDanger.com, asking us to question, ponder and maybe act.
Alex Aliksanyan
President, The Buddy Fund
alex@thebuddyfund.org
www.dogsindanger.com
