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To bring comfort and healing to humans grieving the loss of their
animal loved ones; to honor the death of animals and the grief
it brings as a significant and sacred process.
To
honor, support and help to reduce the compassion fatigue of animal
welfare professionals who care for animals in shelters, animal
control agencies, and rescue groups for these are the greatest
heroes in the circle of humans who love animals. They rescue,
love, care for, adopt, and sometimes have to euthanize animals
that other members of society neglect, abuse, abandon and throw
away at the doors of shelters.
To inform people who interact with and love animals about decisions
and actions they can take to reduce the overpopulation epidemic
of cats and dogs and end the tragedy of euthanasia in shelters.
To assist people in enhancing their natural communication with
animals to resolve behavioral problems, emotional issues, and
deepen the mutual understanding, intimacy and commitment of the
human-animal relationship.
To bring together humans of like values to deepen and celebrate
the joy and wonder of the animal/human relationship! To explode
the myth that something is wrong with us if we love animals as
much as people, that this somehow precludes our ability to have
healthy relationships with humans. To support the practice of
loving and treating animals as family members and equal spiritual
beings as one that is a normal, healthy and life affirming experience.
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