The Insulation of Greed.

I routinely post the same content on multiple social media outlets.

For the last 15 years here's what I have noticed.

The more we become insulated as a society, community, country, (the list goes on), the harder it is to relate to others who are not in our position. I also believe that some of us choose to take from those who have less as we (believe) we all have to fight for the same pieces of wealth.

Why does such a divide exist when there is so much wealth around us? Why would we choose to take more, deny more as we continue to try to insulate ourselves from some unknown fear? We are not living in poverty. We have a home, clothes, possessions, people who love us and yet we spend so much time and effort trying to deny others the same? It is so difficult for me to understand.

I recently chose not to put up a flagpole because I am not going to be told to fly the flag for a domestic terrorist who made friends with the like, and not lower it for those who actually do deserve a military honor. I would have lowered it for Jane Goodall. A universal symbol of unity, peace, and kindness. My husband and I have both worn a uniform and sworn an oath to the constitution. We have more right to posting that big flying flag in black and white with "We the People" etched on it than all of the white men in trucks who paid to have it put there and never once took a second to contemplate protecting justice, tranquility, general welfare, but merely to defend their bunker of assault weapons that has only made school children more afraid, and likely to die from mass casualty shootings. I could go on, and on. 

Jarrettsville Vet has created this sanctuary for its people. We are a wide brush safety net for our patients and clients. When I post about the despair present in vetmed. The collateral consequences is insulation that despair happens to others. Routinely people show up at a veterinary medicine facility and cannot afford much, if any, of the treatment plans offered. 

When I do put up a post about economic euthanasia in vetmed on our JVC facebook page it gets no views. It feels like it is not relevant. It makes me wonder if I am insulating and fueling the indifference?

"Hope is about action." Jane Goodall. 

Hope is not wishful thinking. It is observing a problem, rolling up your sleeves and working hard to achieve the thing you are hoping for. I am hoping for compassion, kindness and sharing all so that we all can thrive.

To all of those I work with on a day-to-day basis in rescue you understand. Encouraging people to go to the shelter, save a life without a breeders lineage tree, (and price tag which for reasons I find mind-boggling insinuates that they are "more desirable," "less likely to have X-Y-Z problem" (which is total idiocy) is arduous and exhausting. The fact that people think they are getting a better guarantee of anything (insert hypoallergenic, no behavior issues, special, etc. with a higher price tag is ludicrous. Rescue people, vet people, know this. The idea that shelters/rescues house animals with hidden defects is also fundamental biased, prejudiced, and wrong. I had a recent equally ridiculous discussion with a person upset that they couldn't take one of the kittens we were helping "for free" and would instead have to adopt them through a local rescue for $150. I tried to remind them that $150 adoption fee is a $350 savings from the price tag of care through JVC for three cat visits, vaccines, spay/neuter, deworming. They could only see "free" which leaves me to question whether that kitten was ever going to get any care after possession. Live a day in the trenches of rescue, factory farming, puppy mills, deforestation, genocide, and let me know how safe you feel.

Here is the post I put on JVC Fb that got no traction. On a rescue page, professional outlet it received both comments, shares, and scrutiny because it is relevant and relatable.