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Russian Volunteers save 1300 dogs and cats from terrible fate in China

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by Lada Ray in CULTURE: China, Earth/ Nature/ Animals

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animal protection, animal rights, cats, China, COMPASSION, dog meat festival, dogs, humanity, Russia

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Russian volunteers, with the help of local police, stopped illegal truck carrying 1300 dogs and cats transported in horrific conditions, stuffed 5-10 to a tiny cage, many wounded, bleeding and dying from heat, thirst and hunger. These poor animals were to be killed and eaten at the Yulin dog meat festival. The Russian volunteers had to sneak the saved animals in secret into shelters and animal sanctuaries. These organizations must keep their addresses secret due to attacks by the dog and cat meet traders — a horrific custom still existing in the rural areas of China.

I want to stress that it was an international effort; the Chinese volunteers and Chinese animal shelters were involved.

The good news, many innocent animals have been saved.

Video (sorry, graphic):

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Heart-Warming Dog Rescues by Hope For Paws in LA

26 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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angel, animal protection, animal rights, cat, COMPASSION, dog rescue, golden retriever, Hope for Paws, humanity, kindness, poodle

These people are angels. Hope for Paws’ Eldad Hagar is one of those I mentioned in my recent article: Feminism vs. Sacred Feminine – Male Chauvinism vs. Sacred Masculine as an example of the manifest Sacred Masculine on our planet.

Cola & Pepsi: bonded poodles struggling to survive in a sewer get a heartwarming rescue.

Not knowing the people’s intentions, look how the brother tries to protect his little sister! Such nice little sweeties. 

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A scared Golden Retriever panics during her rescue. Her reaction once she was saved is amazing!

Golden Retrievers are probably the kindest, nicest dogs in existence. How is it even possible that someone would abandon such treasure? And it appears the dog was abused, judging by her fear of humans.

But even being scared, she never attacked back and never barked. My heart melted when I saw her covering her eyes, like a scared little child. Every dog is a gift. But Golden Retrievers are just so magical and intrinsically benevolent that they stand out.

We do lots of walks and it just so happened that in our recent walks we’ve met a lot of Golden Retrievers. They always are the kindest and most huggable doggies imaginable. Usually, both dogs and cats we meet in our long walks run to us and we get to do a lot of petting.

To me, Golden Retrievers are a dog equivalent of dolphins because of their always positive, benevolent attitude and lovely disposition.

Blessings to all!

My next post in the LILECHKA series is coming soon. It’s about Princess Lila’s amazing last gift. Stay tuned!

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Hopeful News! Costa Rica Is Shutting Down Its Zoos And Freeing All Animals In Captivity

19 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Lada Ray in Consciousness/ Wisdom/ Spirituality, Earth/ Nature/ Animals

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animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, consciousness, freedom, humanity, Mother Earth, slavery, zoo

Great and hopeful news for all of us, who feel the grave injustices of this world and who want to help the defenceless animals! Costa Rica Is Shutting Down Its Zoos And Freeing All Animals In Captivity!

Bless you for posting this, Lou! Let us hope that this initiative does go through and that it becomes an important global precedent.

What humans have done to our Planet Earth and her animals is truly appalling! It is time to reverse this horrible trend of enslaving other beings. It’s up to humans to grow up and realize they enslave themselves when they enslave others.

The word ‘civilization’ is misused and misunderstood by those humans who think they are superior to other beings. The word that should be used here is ‘CONSCIOUSNESS.’

When consciousness on our planet has grown sufficiently so that human race (or human civilization – the right usage of the word) at large realizes they can under no circumstances harm other beings, then our work is done. Only then the presently sequestered humanity would be allowed to truly rejoin the inter-galactic community.
(Please forgive me for digressing into cosmic matters, but all this is directly related).

Reblogging.

Hugs!

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It’s a beautiful thing… Adorably Unusual Animal Friendships and Animals as Protectors

07 Friday Aug 2015

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Lilechka, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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adorable cats and dogs, animal photos, animal protection, animal rights, animal videos, animals, animals as protectors, bear, beauty, birds, cats, cute animals, deer, dogs, kindness, Lilechka, Lilechka, lion, monkeys, Mother Earth, nature, parrots, pets, rare animals, unusual animal friendships

Uplifting pics and vids compilation

Beautiful and loving animals in photos:happy dog and cat 2

monkey and jaguar babieslittle lamb and dogbaby monkey and dovedog-cat-friends

kitty and parrot

peace on earth christmas animals

Peace on Earth

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It’s a beautiful friendship!

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Animals as fearless and kind protectors

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Wishing you all a wonderful and loving weekend!

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This weekend is dedicated to my beloved friend and companion of almost 20 years, Princess Lila, aka, Lilechka. Lilechka would have turned 21 on August 9 this year. She passed just a few months short of her 20th birthday, last year. 

This weekend I will have more posts dedicated to Lilechka.

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Lilechka, I miss you. Eternal love and blessings always!

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Don’t Murder 2 Million Feral Cats in Australia – Plz petition gov’t

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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animal protection, animal rights, Australia, cats, feral cats, kindness, Mother Earth, nature, petition

For a huge animal lover, and especially cat lover such as myself, this is terrible to hear!
I recently fostered an abandoned cat, whom I called Lola and her 5 kittens, until we were able to find nice homes for all of them. This is a beautiful story. I will eventually have it in print, together with lots of pics!

Please sign the petition and spread the word. Thanks so much!

Direct link to PETITION on Forcechange.com

1EarthUnited

Source: http://forcechange.com/145469/dont-murder-feral-cats/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=98b9f4cab0-548FC7_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600a6911b9-98b9f4cab0-298258225

Posted by Kelsey Jenkins

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Target: Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt

Goal: Don’t unnecessarily murder two million feral cats.

Australia recently announced a plan to kill two million feral cats in the country because they are “harmful,” despite the fact that animal rights groups say this won’t do much to help.

The Australian Environment Minister claims the cats will be killed humanely, but is there really a way to murder innocent animals who are just trying to survive? French actress Brigitte Bardot condemned the minister’s plan in an open letter, saying, “This animal genocide is inhumane and ridiculous. In addition to being cruel, killing these cats is absolutely useless since the rest of them will keep breeding.”

Bardot said the money set to murder innocent animals would be better used to sterilize them and decrease the population in that nonviolent way. The government plans to shoot and poison…

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This must stop! U.S. Navy wargames to kill hundreds of whales, dolphins

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals

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animal rescue, animal rights, California, dolphins, endangered animals, marine life, Natural Resoures Defence Council, nature, sonar, US Army, US Navy, US war machine, US wargames carnage, USA, whales

Outrageous! This must stop!

The Natural Resources Defense Council is suing the US government for allowing the Navy to train off the California coast, imperiling vast amounts of marine life. High intensity sonar used by ships and submarines frequently result in the deaths of dolphins, whales, and many endangered animals, yet the armed forces have been granted vast authority in how they train. 

Many dolphins and whales get beached with painfully burst auditory canals! Disruptions of behavior, disorientation, abandoning of feeding of their young and death are also the result!

As usual, US Army/Navy turn the blind eye and deaf ear on the carnage their wargames leave behind!

Thank you, Maddie of 1EarthUnited Blog, for the petition links to stop this outrage! 

Sign petitions:

http://www.petition2congress.com/9133/prohibit-military-sonar-seismic-testing-harming-marine-mammals/

http://forcechange.com/18462/stop-sonar-tests-in-whale-inhabited-waters/

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E. Ukraine: Donetsk man feeds pets left behind by refugees fleeing the Kiev junta invasion

18 Thursday Sep 2014

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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#animalrescue, #DNR, #donbass, #kievjunta, #LNR, animal rights, cats, dogs, Donetsk, hero, kindness, kindness to animals, Ukraine, ukronazi

Eastern Ukraine. In the midst of inhumanity and a barbaric war, one man’s kindness stands out! This man, Sergei, is the only one left on his street; everyone else has fled the constant attacks and shelling by the #Kiev junta army that aims specifically at people’s living quarters. People in #Donetsk had been living in cellars and all those who could, already fled to Russia or elsewhere.

The money and food are very tight in Donetsk. But Sergei (god bless him) still makes the rounds of his destroyed neighborhood and feeds the abandoned pets. He says, “I also have 3 cats and a dog and I couldn’t abandon these animals.”

The poor pets have to survive in the destroyed structures left after the street was bombed by #Ukraine army.

#kievjunta #ukronazi #animalrights #animalrescue #kindness #hero

Житель Донецка подкармливает оставленных беженцами домашних животных: Сергей — единственный житель Донецка, оставшийся жить на улице Мехлиса. Его соседи бежали когда начались обстрелы. Многие из них оставили на произвол судьбы домашних питомцев. С тех пор Сергей заботится о брошенных животных, ежедневно подкармливая их. При этом он сам является владельцем трех кошек и собаки.

 

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Heart-Breaking Video of an Abandoned, Terrified Dog Rescue in LA

20 Friday Jun 2014

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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animal cruelty, animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, dog adoption, dog rescue, Eldad Hagar, kindness, LA, Love

I HAD to post this unbelievably hard-breaking and amazing dog rescue video. I cried, looking at this poor little terrified doggie abandoned in LA. The neighbors said that the owners moved away a year prior, and just left him behind on the street!

God bless the angels who rescue innocents and protect those in need! This equally concerns animals, plants, people, and our planet Earth.

Eldad Hagar runs a famous dog rescue center in Los Angeles – where the dark energy cloud is always hanging over the city, which is ironic considering the town’s name. I was in LA and Beverly Hills once, and didn’t survive there for long, being very sensitive to energy. I was happy to leave and don’t plan to ever be back. While most of California is quite nice, I see LA as a giant hole of doom. No wonder there is so much need in animal rescue there. This is not to say that animal rescue is any less crucial in any other part of our planet. Animal cruelty and neglect are super-important to expose and counter everywhere; it is super-important to help all those who are in need.

Please share and help Theo, the rescued doggie, find a home! Go to Eldad Hagar’s YT channel, or to HopeForPaws.org, for more on how to donate to help him in his life-saving efforts! He has many more heart-breaking and inspiring dog rescue videos.

 

Those who CARE about justice and protection of the innocents, can also go to FuturisTrendcast, where I have several posts about atrocities committed by the #Kiev #nazi junta in #Ukraine against their own population in the east of the country. These eyewitness posts contain English translation for my Western readers, who are bombarded by non-stop politician and media disinfo and lies, and have no access to the truth about what’s happening in Ukraine.

  • You’d Think It Were WWII! Video: East Ukraine Children Evacuate to the Sound of Bombings

  • Shocking Eyewitness Video: June 10, 2014, Slavyansk. City Destroyed by Bombs

  • Eyewitness Video: Humanitarian Catastrophe in #Donbass #Ukraine 6/16/2014

  • Lada Ray’s Warning: Phosphorus Bombing of Slavyansk and Ukraine APCs Breach Russian Border

Just like that poor innocent dog, these people are also cruelly bombed, killed, or driven out of their homes. Millions in #Donbass, eastern Ukraine now live in ruins, have no running water, electric and gas; many children and women have to flee across the Russian border, while Ukrainian snipers are awaiting them in the shadows.

It is truly shameful, in my opinion, that only Russia helps the refugees, children, women, and peaceful citizens of eastern Ukraine, while the WEST fully supports the bombings by the Kiev junta!

  • No Comment: US Expresses Full Support for Criminals Ruling Ukraine

A picture of the east Ukraine child, blown to pieces by Kiev junta military, and still alive and crying from pain, went viral all over the internet. It is too horrific to post on my blog, but I am sure you can google it. Another child just died in Donetsk. Doctors struggled for 5 hours to save a little boy, but it was impossible to remove 30 bomb pieces stuck in the child’s head. Eyewitness report about the dead child and his dead mother. Ukraine army just shelled the RUSSIAN border patrol checkpoint, shooting across the border! One Russian wounded. These news in Russian here.

 

 

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Save Our Dolphins! Help Stop Mass Dolphin Slaughter in Japan!

21 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by Lada Ray in Consciousness/ Wisdom/ Spirituality, Earth/ Nature/ Animals

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#Dolphinslaughter in #Taiji #Japan must stop, #Fukushima, #HelpCoveDolphins, #tweet4taij, 2020 Olympic Games in japan, animal protection, animal rights, annual dolphin hunt in japan, atrocities against dolphins in Japan, blackfish, bottlenose dolphin, dolphins, greed, mass slaughter of dolphins in japan, mass slaughter of dolphins in Peru, ocean life, petition to save dolphins, protecting Mother Earth, Taiji Japan, Video of dolphin slaughter in japan

New Update December 7, 2014! Save #Dolphins and #Whales – Join #opKillingBay #opSeaWorld TweetStorm 12/19/14

1/23/14 Important Breaking News! 1. Worldwide #WAZA #Tweetstorm to save #taiji #dolphins is tomorrow, 1/24/14! Scroll down for links, hours, how to join! 2. I posted new info on what we can do to ensure the Taiji dolphin slaughter never happens again – scroll down for the list! 3. Help save the rare albino baby dolphin “Angel,” torn away from her mother and sentenced to a life of captivity because of human greed and cruelty! 4. Last but not least, kudos and #gratitude to #Greece for upholding its ban on captive dolphin performances! More below! Read on!

And now, to my post:

My next post was supposed to be about the Chinese New Year of the Horse and my predictions for the year 2014. But then I learned about what is happening in Japan right this moment! 500 dolphins have been trapped in the infamous Taiji Cove where the bleeding, stressed, petrified animals await their gruesome deaths! I am shocked and shaken to the core by this despicable mass slaughter of the gentlest, most beautiful and evolved creatures our planet has ever produced! And all this – for greed and profit!

Japan defends their barbaric annual dolphin slaughter ritual as a Japanese tradition. Slavery was also a tradition; does that mean we should have kept it too?

Bottlenose dolphins

Beautiful, playful #bottlenose dolphins that are being mercilessly slaughtered in Japan right now! Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want to Protect the Animals – I Want to Create the World in Which They Don’t Need Protecting!

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Lada Ray in Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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African rhinoceros are near extinction, animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, cats and dogs, COMPASSION, dog fights, domestic animal abuse, environment, Hope for Paws, humanity, illegal poaching of rhinoceros for horns, national registry of animal abusers petition, nature and animal protection, no-kill animal shelter, petition to S. African government to save rhinoceros from extinction, protecting Mother Earth, S African rhinoceros, saving rhinoceros from extinction, Siberian tiger conservation, Siberian Tiger rescue project, terrorism

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way its animals are treated. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

When I see such grave injustice and #animalabuse, I can’t keep silent! I just signed two petitions at change.org to protect the animals: first one against outrageously barbaric practice of killing #rhinoceros in Africa for their highly prized horns, which threatens to annihilate the last survivors of this ancient and rare species; second – for creating a registry of all known domestic animal abusers in the USA. The innocent animals that are a subject of these two petitions are as different as they get, but the conclusion is, unfortunately, the same – the predator, the abuser, the murderer in all cases is A HUMAN! This makes me very sad to be a part of the human race. There is only one hope: those of us who are conscious, those who have compassion and those who care for life on our planet, must take action by signing petitions and spreading awareness, so that such horrible atrocities would stop now!

Please spread the word, comment, like, RT, FB, G+, re-post, and re-blog this post! Please sign these petitions! We need more signatures!

Petition 1. Rhinoceros in South Africa need your help before their extinction!

Sign petition to the Government of South Africa: https://www.change.org/petitions/rhinoceros-in-south-africa-need-your-help-before-their-extinction Continue reading →

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I’ll be Donating Profits From My Book Sales to No-Kill Animal Shelter in USA and Siberian Tiger Rescue in Russia

17 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by Lada Ray in BOOK: Catharsis, BOOK: GOLD TRAIN, BOOK: Stepford USA, BOOK: THE EARTH SHIFTER, Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Love/ Kindness/ Inspiration

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Each of the books I’ve written is about justice, peace and/or kindness amid the most adverse circumstances. Most of my books feature amazing and beautiful animals, both wild and domestic. I am very passionate about the beauty of our Mother Earth and about her animals being treated with respect and care they deserve.

THE EARTH SHIFTER features one of the miracles of Lake Baikal – its endemic seals (Nerpa), Siberian Bear, wolves, White Eagle, as well as the majestic Siberian Tiger; both STEPFORD USA and GOLD TRAIN feature rescued super-intelligent and heroic cats and dogs; and even my sci-fi novelette CATHARSIS includes a note of warning against cruelty and about the need for animal protection and preservation.

For a while, I’ve been considering donating profits from my book sales to a no-kill animal shelter and animal rescue in New York State, USA and in Siberia, Russia. I’ve done some research, and these are the organizations that clearly stand out.

NEW YORK, USA

march for the animals Ithaca SPCATompkins County SPCA http://www.spcaonline.com/ The first ever no-kill animal shelter in US History! Provides shelter to 3,000 animals annually.

Sept. 28, 2013 March for the Animals, Ithaca, NY

The Tompkins County SPCA was incorporated in February 1902 in an effort to prosecute individual cases of cruelty. In 1999, the SPCA Board of Directors resolved to become a “no kill” shelter, maintaining its no-kill status continuously since 2001-2002. Animal People, a prominent national journal on animal issues, ranked Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY) the safest community for companion animals in the United States. P.S. Ithaca (home to Cornell University and Buddhist Monastery – Dalai Lama’s Seat in North America) has also been voted the most spiritual city in the USA.

Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties, NY http://casanctuary.org/

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Located in the New York’s Hudson Valley, Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS) is a 110-acre haven for horses and farm animals rescued from cruelty and neglect. In addition to emergency rescue, CAS provides innovative programs that educate the public about the sentience of farm animals, and the devastating impacts of agribusiness and institutionalized cruelty on animals, people, and the planet.

HorseCAS offers weekend and special group tours, vegan cooking classes,speaking engagements, a summer day camp for kids, and a host of compassionate programming year round at its primarily solar-powered Sanctuary. Since 2001, CAS has rescued over 2,000 animals, and has worked in tandem with law enforcement to bring animal abusers to justice. Catskill Animal Sanctuary’s mission is to rescue and rehabilitate farm animals and horses, to advocate for the abolition of institutionalized cruelty to animals through education, and to help people adopt a cruelty-free lifestyle.

Buy links for my books (ebooks and paperbacks)

SIBERIA, RUSSIA

Siberian Tiger, aka Amur Tiger, aka Ussurian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) – IUCN Red Book endangered species. The largest cat and most magnificent tiger in the world, currently, only about 350 adult tigers are left in the wild (about 450 individuals all together), 95% of them in the Russian Far East.

Siberian tiger habitat

Siberian Tiger habitat

I have written about Siberian Tiger in THE EARTH SHIFTER, in the scene where Sasha encounters, and psychically helps, 2 tigers (and their yet unborn baby) dislodged from their habitat.

Victor, the tiger freed from a poachers snare released into the wild

Victor, tiger rescued from a poacher, released into the wild Continue reading →

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Love, Compassion, and Ugly

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by Lada Ray in Consciousness/ Wisdom/ Spirituality, Earth/ Nature/ Animals, Guest Posts

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animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal rights, beauty, cat lovers, Cat named Ugly, COMPASSION, Earth's nature, FORGIVENESS, humanity, kindness, Love, pet lovers

It’s easy to love that, which is beautiful. But it seems, beauty in this world is impossible without ugliness, and sometimes the biggest beauty is hidden in what appears ugly. All you have to do is look beyond the surface.

The post below is reblogged from Joseph A. Gier via Ayanna Nahmias http://ayannanahmias.com/2012/08/12/animal-rights-story/

I don’t often reblog other people’s posts, even the ones I enjoy very much, since my own blogging schedule is so tight. After my last post about the Sunshine Award, I was planning on basking in the Sun for a few days before publishing 3 brand new posts about the beautiful Golden Ring of Russia and the magnificent Russian churches. These posts, complete with gorgeous new pics are literally standing in line, awaiting publication.

But I am putting all that on hold, because THIS POST is much more important and I want as many people as possible to read it! It’s not an easy read (I cried while reading it!) but it teaches something that very few things in life can teach with more humility and poignancy, namely: LOVE, COMPASSION, FORGIVENESS and KINDNESS.

Unfortunately, I don’t know who initially posted this story, but I want to thank that person, as well as all those who reblogged it. This post is a MUST read for all. Please tweet, FB, reblog and mention it in all your favorite social media!

I am also planning parts 2 and 3, where I’ll share my own experiences and thoughts on the subject.

Love, Compassion, and Ugly

(This post is reblogged from the source in its entirety)

Ugly the Cat

This is not written by me .. but felt move to share it…I have no reason to believe it is not true.

Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat.

Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and shall we say, love. The combination of these things combined with a life spent outside had their effect on Ugly.

To start with, he had only one eye, and where the other should have been was a gaping hole. He was also missing his ear on the same side, his left foot has appeared to have been badly broken at one time, and had healed at an unnatural angle, making him look like he was always turning the corner.

His tail has long since been lost, leaving only the smallest stub, which he would constantly jerk and twitch. Ugly would have been a dark gray tabby striped-type, except for the sores covering his head, neck, even his shoulders with thick, yellowing scabs.

Every time someone saw Ugly there was the same reaction. “That’s one UGLY cat!!”

All the children were warned not to touch him, the adults threw rocks at him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come in their homes, or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave.

Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on him, he would stand there, getting soaked until you gave up and quit. If you threw things at him, he would curl his lanky body around feet in forgiveness. Whenever he spied children, he would come running meowing frantically and bump his head against their hands, begging for their love. If you ever picked him up he would immediately begin suckling on your shirt, earrings, whatever he could find.

One day Ugly shared his love with the neighbors huskies. They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly mauled. From my apartment I could hear his screams, and I tried to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was laying, it was apparent Ugly’s sad life was almost at an end.

Ugly lay in a wet circle, his back legs and lower back twisted grossly out of shape, a gaping tear in the white strip of fur that ran down his front. As I picked him up and tried to carry him home I could hear him wheezing and gasping, and could feel him struggling. I must be hurting him terribly I thought.

Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear – Ugly, in so much pain, suffering and obviously dying was trying to suckle my ear. I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my hand with his head, then he turned his one golden eye towards me, and I could hear the distinct sound of purring. Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battled-scarred cat was asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion.

At that moment I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever seen. Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, or even try to get away from me, or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me completely trusting in me to relieve his pain.

Ugly died in my arms before I could get inside, but I sat and held him for a long time afterwards, thinking about how one scarred, deformed little stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to have true pureness of spirit, to love so totally and truly.

Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand books, lectures, or talk show specials ever could, and for that I will always be thankful. He had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply. To give my total to those I cared for.

Lada says:

This story makes me think of my favorite flower – lotus. Incredibly and strikingly beautiful, it is also the flower universally considered in the East to represent the divine perfection. Do you know why? Lotus grows out of the mud of a swamp to bloom into the gorgeous flower we all admire. To the Buddhists this represents the ultimate spiritual paradox: the divine beauty growing out of what appears ugly.

This lotus is for the beautiful cat named UGLY!

Read: Love, Compassion, and Ugly. Part 2: The Pigeon

Read: Love, Compassion, and Ugly. Part 3: First Do No Harm

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