Dear Peter,
What a lovely--generous and BIG-- donation. Thank you so much.
We are deeply grateful. If you've ever travelled here, you'll have seen animals wandering about. It is so wonderful to see and be close to cows, donkeys, buffalo and dogs roaming through the lanes and byways, but here in India it is a heart-breaking reality that in most cities, most places, these beautiful angels have no one to help them when they get hurt.
Udaipur, through the work of Animal Aid, is a phenomenal exception, and its cause for joy to learn that there ARE people who care, they are all around us, all around the animals, but most of them need help to see the path to express their compassion.
Your donation not only helps us rescue animals; YOU have helped save animals in desperate need, and it shows all who witness the rescues that an animal for us is not a some"thing" but a someone, and that compassion is not just a word to throw around, it means action, it means helping financially so that we can touch, give medical treatment, food, nurturing care and love.
Because India's people mainly come from farming backgrounds, and because there is little tradition of pet guardianship, I'm convinced that for many who watch the rescues (and here they do gather with great interest to witness the rescues) it can be the first time they have seen people giving animals love when there is no question of commercial "value," only the simple and grand value of their being.
Thank you, Peter, for being one of the world's very precious people who recognizes this, and who have chosen action on behalf of India's street animals who are so far away from you physically and so close in your imagination and your heart. Thank you for planting the seeds of compassion--there must be many people in your life who look to you as a guide and an inspiration. We are so pleased to know we're trying to change the world for animals together with you
And if you are ever able to come to Animal Aid I will love the chance to thank you in person.
With respect and warmth,
Erika
Co-founder
Animal Aid Unlimited is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 charitable organization, EIN 71-0884843
What a lovely--generous and BIG-- donation. Thank you so much.
We are deeply grateful. If you've ever travelled here, you'll have seen animals wandering about. It is so wonderful to see and be close to cows, donkeys, buffalo and dogs roaming through the lanes and byways, but here in India it is a heart-breaking reality that in most cities, most places, these beautiful angels have no one to help them when they get hurt.
Udaipur, through the work of Animal Aid, is a phenomenal exception, and its cause for joy to learn that there ARE people who care, they are all around us, all around the animals, but most of them need help to see the path to express their compassion.
Your donation not only helps us rescue animals; YOU have helped save animals in desperate need, and it shows all who witness the rescues that an animal for us is not a some"thing" but a someone, and that compassion is not just a word to throw around, it means action, it means helping financially so that we can touch, give medical treatment, food, nurturing care and love.
Because India's people mainly come from farming backgrounds, and because there is little tradition of pet guardianship, I'm convinced that for many who watch the rescues (and here they do gather with great interest to witness the rescues) it can be the first time they have seen people giving animals love when there is no question of commercial "value," only the simple and grand value of their being.
Thank you, Peter, for being one of the world's very precious people who recognizes this, and who have chosen action on behalf of India's street animals who are so far away from you physically and so close in your imagination and your heart. Thank you for planting the seeds of compassion--there must be many people in your life who look to you as a guide and an inspiration. We are so pleased to know we're trying to change the world for animals together with you
And if you are ever able to come to Animal Aid I will love the chance to thank you in person.
With respect and warmth,
Erika
Co-founder
Animal Aid Unlimited is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 charitable organization, EIN 71-0884843