Helping Animal Rescue Workers Overcome Compassion Fatigue

I’m telling myself that everything happens for a reason, but have that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that we are heading into some very bad times for the planet and all of her inhabitants.

 

Donald Trump won the electoral college last night and is our future President, although Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by less than one million votes.  The stock markets are tanking as I type in fear of what this means for the economy, which is ironic, as the many voters certainly thought that Trump, as a business man, outsider to politics, would be good for American business.

 

I’m predicting he’ll be impeached pretty early on and Mike Pence is a lot better choice as President, so maybe that’s how we will survive this idiocy.

 

The Republicans retained both the House and Senate, so that doesn’t bode well for our bill to ban the private possession of big cats, but the best bill to ever pass for wild cats did happen under similar circumstances, so maybe…

 

Meanwhile it makes me ever more determined to get it passed this year.

 

I’m thankful it’s over, regardless of the outcome.  I think there are a lot of good things that can come from such a shakeup.  I am a Republican, and I can appreciate closing our borders to illegal immigrants, ending the fair trade agreements that have sent jobs outside our borders, and taking a hard stand against terrorists.

 

Yesterday I spend almost my entire day putting together a comprehensive presentation, with audio, video and concrete steps people can take to cope with the loss of our cat friends and posted it as a page on BigCat.me.  I plan to add it to ZooCollege.com today and sent it to IFAW and GFAS to share with other sanctuary and animal care workers.

 

An email from my mother this morning:  Sorry that you are disappointed that Hillary didn't win but hope you know that Trump's win made me the happiest that I have been in months!!!!  Love,  Mom

 

On Facebook Patty Finch was posting an image from 1959 of her aunt who had been one of the suffragettes, 96 years ago, who fought for women to have the right to vote.  This was what followed:

 

Patty Finch Dewey: It wasn't until 1993 that women could wear pants on the US Senate floor.

 

Carole Baskin: Seriously? In 1973 I was the leader of a campaign at my little private school to allow that girls wear pants to school. I didn't even own a pair of pants at the time. When we won I went out and bought a pair of green plain slacks that I carried with me for decades as a reminder that one person can change things.

 

Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.  

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk