Cute Kitten Suckerpunch
Click to viewA friend of mine works for the Meriden Humane Society in Meriden, Connecticut. This is a no-kill shelter that works hard to provide food, medical care, and ultimately (hopefully) homes for cats and dogs. This is not an easy job to do by any stretch of the imagination, and they struggle with getting the funds for their basic operations, much less getting information out there to the public.
My friend made this video using the tools she had available (a simple digital camera and the Windows movie making software, based on my market research which tells me that:
1) The internet is magic.
2) The internet loves kittens.
Maybe you don't live in Connecticut, maybe you don't have the money to spare for an animal shelter across the country when there are local ones whose needs are just as great. But if you've ever in your life forwarded/crossposted a picture or video of an adorable baby animal for any reason, please consider doing so now for great justice. If enough people see this little guy, some of them will be just the right junction of motive and opportunity for do-goodery. Some of them might be in the Meriden area and they might decide to give a home to a cat or dog from the shelter, instead of buying one from a backyard breeder or supporting efforts to import pets for adoption to regions that already have a pet population problem.
And some people everywhere might realize that there are underfunded and overcrowded shelters, and thus no need for their cats to keep producing litters. That's a win for shelters everywhere.