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Monday, 21 July 2014

Animal Cruelty is illegal, help NAWT stamp it out, Support the law, don’t ignore

Hello I’m Ellie and I am supporting the charity, National Animal Welfare Trust. Thank you very much for taking the time to read my blog and I hope I can teach you one or two things about my charity. I am trying to raise your awareness on this charity because it is important you understand how hard this charity works with such little donations. My charity- NAWT- saves animals in difficult situations whether or not they are neglected, abused or dying, NAWT will take these animals in and regain their happiness and health to the highest they can, and then when these animals are ready they try to sell them. How would you feel if your own pet was put in one of these animals’ positions and abused? Their work is voluntary so the only kind of money they get is from donations which are all put towards helping the animals. I believe you should definitely consider supporting or donating to this charity because these animals are often helpless and are just like us, only difference is, humans have power and can communicate. Please donate by ringing up or going on there website - www.nawt.org.uk. It could be as little as 50p, you can imagine what a hundred 50p’s could do.

This is Cody. Cody was locked in his owner’s garden for 6 days (meaning to be 2 weeks) before National Animal Welfare Trust found him and saved him. He was so thin and so hungry, they brought him to their charity base and fed his happiness to the limit and now he is living in Brighton with a very loving family who wouldn’t even dream of leaving him home alone.


 This issue on animal cruelty is majorly important;
  • Imagine if you were neglected and nobody would help you because they thought it wasn’t their problem that someone else, something else was struggling.
  • Humans need to stop thinking about themselves (or their kind) for just one moment and actually start caring about other species who don’t have power, and who can’t express themselves easily, and who have no hospitals or schools or food providers. What would happen if a mouse had Down syndrome? Absolutely nothing.
  • People need to think before they buy a pet and not just get one because their spoilt young daughter wants one. People need to consider the money loss, the time away from home and the idea of having to attend to the animals’ needs- for example going on walks, going to the vets.
  • It feels good to know that you have in any way helped animal by simply giving a little change to a charity promoting kindness.
So imagine if it was you being neglected or abused, and then imagine your pet being neglected or abused, and now imagine an animal being neglected or abandoned.
  1. Have you heard of NAWT before?
  2. Do you now feel more informed about NAWT?
  3. Would you now consider donating or supporting NAWT?
Please could you post the answers in comments, along with your country and hometown?

Thank you very much for reading my blog!
Ellie

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