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Why animal welfare work leads to misanthropy

I work at an animal shelter and I'm starting to hate people because of what they do to these animals, and I don't know how much longer I can do this job.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Witnessing cruelty can poison the very compassion that drives us to help.

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