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I find it sad that you lump separate complaints under one damning umbrella.

1) Why give a slap in the face to animal welfare groups for acting correctly in their own sphere, as well as individuals who have offered homes for cats or other animals? We should congratulate them wholeheartedly for wanting to ease pain. Money given to animal charities cannot, in any case, be spent on human welfare.

2) Regarding welfare for humans, again we could congratulate wholeheartedly the charities and NGOs who have raised money and sent supplies, both Syrian expat and not. We should certainly point out that it’s not nearly enough, and most supplies that reach any border have to be smuggled in in because Assad the dictator is in most cases blocking access. Money given to human charities is not, in any case, allocated to animals.

3) The public response around the world to the plight of humans in Syria has generally been warm in terms of donations, petitions, social media publicity and media reports.

4) This is not to be lumped in with the crassness of governments, East and West, who have done next-to-nothing for Syrians.because they actually want the Assad regime, or a similar regime, to remain in place.

5) In light of the above, it seems a pretty cheap “shot” to use this hideously suffering cat as a springboard for an umbrella attack on the public abroad and animals. You are shooting this cat a second time with your words.

Couldn’t you keep your focus on the real enemy (this cat isn’t stealing funds from you or others) — which is the Assad regime and the foreign governments that back it, overtly and covertly???

6) Not “several” cats. Deaths from shelling and shrapnel will be as common for animals as for people. Assad is destroying everything that moves and doesn’t move, as we know full well.

To add at the bottom that the cat is “not irrelevant” to you seems hypocritical as the text above countermands it. You don’t have to love animals — just extend your sympathy and empathy slightly beyond its usual limits to other life forms, who, like children, bear no responsibility whatsoever for this misery.

A bit more kindness to fellow suffering creatures would be welcome, a more — not less — generous spirit due to our own suffering and that of people around us.

Humans and animals fee pain the same, and animals so far have received no help whatsoever from animal charities abroad.

I bet many Syrian children – and adults – would love to know that the animals they used to feed and pet in the yard or the street have not been totally abandoned in this hell.

Some FSA soldiers certainly do their best to help animals, as well as help people. Are they to be criticized too?

Thanking you for your attention

what to write? A barbaric massacre for all living creatures. I’m SO sorry & wish I could help. So sad watching/reading such fighting. Thank you original poster. No comparison to human/animal. It’s a killing field. Period. Pray things will get better in 2015. God Bless to poster and EVERYONE whom comment, I’m sure feels same way. Thank you and God Bless.