October is now for Pets

Halloween costume idea:
Gringa Girl as Einstein. 

October has become a busy month for pets, what with the World Animal Day activities and Halloween. This is especially true for pet parents like us. The calendar is filled with pet parades, pet blessings, concerts for animal welfare, pet fair, pet expo, dog runs, and pet trick or treating. You name it.

For the past two years, the pet event business has really boomed -- just right after we closed MyPetChannel. How ironic, right? But I've learned well enough that it was part of God's beautiful plan. If it weren't for that little company of mine shutting down then my husband and I would not have heeded God's call to move to Davao.

Albert Einstein

One of the things that we miss about Manila though are the plethora of PAWS events that Gringa and Rajah could join.  Of course, I'm particularly biased. I have been a PAWS volunteer for a long time, and it was my passion for pet welfare that inspired me to start an advocacy through MyPetChannel.

The major event that we covered in 2009 was the World Animal Day. Check out that webisode below.





I really hope that Davao City will soon become more conscious about animal welfare. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of work to be done here.

Just recently I had a discussion with a colleague of mine in the faculty room about animal rights. She said something like, "Animal rights. Hindi ba pwede human rights muna?"

While she said was true, I also quoted what Mahatma Gandhi said:
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. 

To which she retorted, "Naisip ba nya yun nung nandun siya sa kulungan. Mas mabuti pa pala yung hayop sa kanya."

To which I refuted, "Oh but remember, it wasn't the animals who put him in jail..."

Man indeed is the bigger beast don't you think?


--Mommy Jill--