Benefits of Owning Pets

[Bring4th_Austin]

To be honest, most of the people that I have known in "real life" that have an extreme form of love towards animals tend to be the most jaded towards humans which to me, signifies a reluctance to face ones catalysts and uses animals as a form of escape.

I was like this at one point. I almost switched my major from rad tech to wildlife biologist because I simply found animals to be better than humans. I never understood humans so in my attempts to give up on them, I decided being safe and concentrating on animals was the best route. Looking back, I can see that it was me not facing this catalyst and realized that it was merely a perception and lack of acceptance towards other selfs which lead me to believe that animals were more deserving of my attention. Since awakening though, I knew becoming a rad tech was exactly what I needed to nurture and develop this acceptance of other selfs by helping what many see to be nonemergent reasons for being there but nonetheless, other selfs looking for help.

That's an interesting observation, I've never considered that before. But thinking about it now, it definitely does seem like a major bypass for catalyst, unconscious projections of shadow on humans and "hero" on animals which can cause a perpetuating loop.

I was rather involved with the Humane Society of the US when I was farming, and my girlfriend works at the local humane society, a decently large non-profit. Being so involved with animal activists, I've always been a bit shocked at how poorly they deal with humans. There's so much infighting within animal rights groups, and amongst the different groups, it can be a very hostile social environment for a group of people that supposedly all share a similar ideal. I think you are right in that they bypass their human catalyst getting lost in their compassion for animals.

edit: to clarify, I didn't mean my girlfriend was one of the people that has difficulty dealing with humans. I think she does an outstanding job treading what I perceive to be shark infested waters.