In Hope

In Hope: An Animal Shelter Story - Transcript

In Hope: An Animal Shelter Story

A Film By Robert Valentine

I am the voice of the voiceless; Through me the dumb shall speak. Till the deaf world's ears be made to hear. The wrongs of the wordless weak. And I am my brothers keeper, And I will fight his fights; And speak the words for beast and bird. Till the world shall set things right. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Since 1985, more than 150,000 animals have died here.

Why did they have to die?

Irresponsible people, failing to control the breeding of their animals, have created a surplus of millions of animals that society has no homes for...

Animal ownership has traditionally been held as a right.

It needs to be a revocable privilege.

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them...

...but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity." - George Bernard Shaw

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men...

...We can judge the heart of a man by his dealings with animals." - Immanuel Kant

For every animal that dies in a shelter...

...there is someone, somewhere, responsible for its death.

"You cannot do a kindness too soon...

...Because you never know how soon it will be too late." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is Goodbye...

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." - Albert Schweitzer

Each day approximately 10,000 humans are born in the U.S.

Each day approximately 70,000 puppies and kittens are born as well.

This leaves 5 million animals without a home to die in shelters this year.

40 animals will die in shelters during this film.

"These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer...

...and our god who created them knows their sufferings, and will hold him who causes them to suffer unnecessarily to answer for it." - George Cannon

The solution rests on all of our shoulders.

Spay or neuter your animals.

Be a responsible animal owner.

Written and Directed by Robert Valentine

Produced by Brightlion Creations www.brightlion.com

** Music Credits ** Artist: Moby Song: Porcelain Album: Play Year: 1999 Label: Mute Records