The monk who burned himself to stop the Vietnam War. The suffrage activists who undertook hunger strikes in prison. The civil rights activists who braved police violence. Actions of this sort don’t just create credibility. They go viral. They are unforgettable. They inspire. The greater the sacrifice, the greater the impact. It’s why I’m ok with facing 30 years in prison for rescuing James from Ridglan Farms. Sacrifice was the entire point. And it’s the point for you, too. Not everyone is going to risk prison time. Some people will sacrifice financial security. Others will sacrifice their reputations or even their careers. That may be hard or scary or even life changing, but you won’t be alone in your sacrifice.
WAYNE HSIUNG: We must rescue the animals, no matter what it takes. A lot of people might read those words, or hear me say them, and think, “Oh that’s just a rhetorical flourish, right? You don’t really mean it.”
But I do mean it. No matter what it takes. And the reason is illustrated by James, the beagle puppy from Ridglan whom my wife and I have adopted into our family.
When we wake, his floppy attempts to cuddle bring instant joy to the start of our day. James is so excited to see us he falls off the bed as he attempts to burrow into my arms in the morning.
When we go to sleep, James begs me to put him on the bed, then stands on my chest while he unleashes a furious storm of licks to my face. I start chuckling an hour before bed in anticipation of our silly nighttime ritual…
But there is another dog trapped in a cage at this very moment, just like James. There was no open rescue to break him out. No negotiation to set him free. He will be poisoned with toxic gas and drown as pools of blood form in his lungs. He will be cut open and vivisected, his organs picked apart in disturbing experiments. And he will never know love or family. No one will ever even give him a name.
He will just be YPP5, a serial code in an experiment.
And that dog needs me — he needs us — just as much as James. In fact, YPP5 was James just a couple months ago. YPP5 is the serial code seared into James’s ear and thigh…
It is a reminder to me daily: We must rescue the animals, no matter what it takes…
The monk who burned himself to stop the Vietnam War. The suffrage activists who undertook hunger strikes in prison. The civil rights activists who braved police violence. Actions of this sort don’t just create credibility. They go viral. They are unforgettable. They inspire. The greater the sacrifice, the greater the impact…
We need more of this in the fight to save the dogs. It’s why I’m ok with facing 30 years in prison for rescuing James. Sacrifice was the entire point.
And it’s the point for you, too. Not everyone is going to risk prison time. Some people will sacrifice financial security. Others will sacrifice their reputations or even their careers.
But we all must risk something to save the dogs. That may be hard or scary or even life changing, but you won’t be alone in your sacrifice. Because more and more people are seeing the truth of what happens to animals, and they are saying to the world:
We must rescue the animals, no matter what it takes. I’ll see you in court. SOURCE
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