Saving Animals from Disaster -- Animal Rescue discussion

"Our society has made animals dependent on the kindness and generosity of humans. In return, animals serve as conduits for people to fulfill their primal need for connection to nature. The animals in a home may be a person's only and deepest source of unconditional love. Millions of people need this kind of love - love without judgment, artifice, or stinginess - in a universe of emotional and spiritual isolation."
--Allen and Linda Anderson, RESCUED: Saving Animals from Disaster, p.4