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How do you Cope with seeing footage/Reading articles about animals being mistreated and what impact does it have on how you behave?

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Try to avoid seeing/reading anything with such material in
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Does it drive you to do more to help animals
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Does it make you angry and more determind to help
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Does it make you feel like we are fighting a losing battle
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Does it upset you so much that you withdraw from helping
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Do you try to Ignore it as you feel there is nothing much that can be done
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Has it made you go back to eating meat, as the majority still eat meat
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A very good poll Kitten-whiskers . I'm watching Britain's Got Talent and saw an act, a Policeman with his Police dog. He spoke on how the dog saved his life whilst on duty and the dog took the brunt of an attack and nearly lost his life. I just couldn't speak because of tears. It was such a heartwarming story. Animals are amazing.

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Thank you Alicia, they are such wonderful animals and for me personally it plays on my mind if I see or hear something that involves and animal getting harmed, I go through a roller coaster of emotions ranging from very upset to really angry. I can not relate to the world we live in anymore

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They certainly are. I've recently read a story in a magazine where a woman's partner killed their cat, how could they - tears and anger😪😡

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Same Hear, they are bullies - you really have to wonder about those types of people

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You certainly do. Then i watched BGT on Saturday night and one of the acts was a Policeman and his dog it was about how the dog took all the injuries and saved the Policeman's life. The dog survived which was amazing, I certainly had tears in my eyes.

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I think I saw a clip of that, it was very upsetting. I was watching the bbc documentary on climate change - It was very sad, the most upsetting part for me was when these morons burnt down a forest (to do with palm oil) , there was this one beautiful orangutan remaining, so they got really close with a gun, poor innocent fella was trying to get away - he knew what was happening, I was so upset and so angry, it will haunt me for a very long time, I despise people who behave like that

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It certainly was, what people undertake such henious acts.

Oh no, what a horrible thing for you to watch and governments still aren't doing enough. Countries need to stop using it😡

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Its completely unacceptable

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It certainly is. They turn a blind eye.

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MaryMel121

I have been vegetarian for 15 years and the only reason I don’t say I’m vegan as on a daily basis I am meat and dairy free however sometimes I do have something that contains dairy or maybe unknown to me I have consumed something that was derived from animal product like a dairy protein. But 98% of the time I am plant based. As a vegetarian I am trying to lead a cruelty free life from food, clothes, cleaning products etc. I hate the idea of harming any animal in any way and believe that I don’t need to be bombarded with images of animals suffering. I already know and all it does is make me turn off/ not read/ look at articles concerning this animal cruelty. I will tell anyone who wants to hear about cruelty but I don’t want to see it. I think more time should be spent on non vegetarian/vegans promoting what they don’t know. However they do a great job in promoting cruelty free living.

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Kitten-whiskersAdministrator in reply to MaryMel121

I must admit I can not read or look at the cruelty that these wonderful people have gone in and got and I also understand that they have to do it, in a hope of turning things around but it does get pushed in your face and I know I most certainly can not handle seeing it, it will haunt me.

It sounds like your doing so well with living a cruelty free life