HAVE MERCY!!!

For my last post this year I decided to write something about my "relatives", dogs.

People all over the world like to celebrate New Year's Eve by blowing up thousands of firecrackers and rockets and god knows what else - all this with the sole purpose of "having fun". However, the "fun" is not so funny when it comes to animals. I doubt anyone even bothers to think about their feelings and all the fears and pain they go through on this dreadful day of our joy an happiness.

Animals have much more sophisticated hearing system than human beings. What we hear as loud, they hear as ten times louder. Has anyone ever thought that this might hurt them?! Or even damage their hearing?!

So, don't be selfish tonight. Think of your poor little pooch or scared kitten or frightened parrot or whatever you have at home. Even if you don't have a pet - maybe your neighbour has one. Some of you might say: "I live in the middle of nowhere, woods are all around me. Noone will hear the banging." Do try to remember that woods are the home of the wild animals! They are scared to death by all the booming sounds echoing through the forrests!

Think of this before you light up your first firecracker. Or, even better - before you buy one! I'm sure noone wants to enter the New Year as a torturer!

Thank you for being so considerate - at least on the last day of the year!