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When caring for animals feels selfish

I found a injured bird in my yard and spent $200 at the emergency vet to save it while there are homeless people on my street corner and now I'm questioning my priorities.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The immediacy of animal suffering can trigger our compassion more readily than human need, revealing uncomfortable truths about the selectivity of our empathy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Animal rights and our ethical relationship with nature?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.