A Note About Dogs And Cats

This post is just a quick note to address one topic: A lot of people who know me as an animal lover assume that means I love pets. Now, don't get me wrong, I love dogs and cats and other pets, but I'm not concerned about them. 

I mean, how can you not love cats and dogs? Just look at these two cutesy wootsey little sleepy babies! 

In other words, dogs and cats are not going extinct anytime soon. There are too many people in the world who are obsessed with them, and we've become so intertwined with our pets' lives that any sort of threat to their species is lightyears away. Just look at all the money we spend on pets:

From www.dogdaycare.com

And compare that to this:

"The U.S. federal and state governments spent just more than $1.7 billion to conserve endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in fiscal year (FY) 2012 (from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012), according to an accounting recently published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)." (Source: Scientific American) 

$50 billion on pets, and not even $2 billion on endangered species....Is it just me, or does that not make any sense to you either? There are a lot less species in the "pet" category, and the animals in the "endangered species" category are endangered. As in, on the brink of extinction. Like, they could disappear forever. 

Yes, there are issues such as hoarding, abuse, and neglect, but the populations of dogs and cats are doing just fine. I mean, heck, we have so many that strays are a huge problem. Could you imagine if we did such a great job breeding an endangered wild animal that there were too many running around in cities and stuff? 

TL;DR Dogs and cats are awesome but I don't need to convince people to love them, and they are not in need of saving, but lots and lots of animals in the world are in trouble that need more attention. 

As always, thanks for reading!