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[Cohiba]

One thing I have noticed living in Korea is the emotional armour
I have aquired in regards to animals. When I first got
here I was horrified at the plight of animals. Especially
feral animals. I would see cats tethered to 10cm chains
attached to front doors. (to ward off evil spirits naturally)
I used to sneak out there at night and cut the animal loose.
That is an extreme example, but these days I seem to have
less of a soft heart. I know these things happen, but there
is nothing I can do. So, I forget about it much more quickly
than when I lived in Canada. I can put it right out of my
mind. There is no real point to this post. I am trying to
lessen the guilt I feel by seeing if you people have experienced
the same thing.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Have you hardened your heart or just become more selective in choosing your battles?

PS: Are you the one in green, red or black?

[Cohiba]

My point is that there is no battle. What can one person,
or a hundred, or a thousand do, when in a nation of 50
million who care nothing for animal welfare. Especially
when you are a foreigner. What I am saying is that it must
be similar to being a doctor. If a doctor went into a depression
every time they lost a patient, they wouldn't be much of a
physician.

[VanIslander]

one less creature suffering is one less creature suffering
forget about statistics or volume numbers

keep freeing the kitties
feeding the strays

and whatever else helps

(we are teachers! indoctrinate a few dozen or hundred kids into liking animals... we each do what we can)

go to the buy&sell forum here at Dave's and get one of those koreanized t-shirts

anything... and know there are others of us out there doing our little part

animal cruelty is not essential to korean history, no more so than animal appreciation and respect; there's a real undercurrent of support for cats in korea, though more with the young "hello kitty" generation, females mostly, though even in that other part of the peninsula:

NORTH KOREAN STAMPS:


when our hearts become less shocked our brains need to become more awakened: don't let your moral sentiments gravitate to the "naturalness" of the norm, the lowest common denominator!

[Rteacher]

I practically worship a big cat:

[rapier]

[fiveeagles]

[Wrench]