In two weeks in February, The Human Society of Missouri rescued 301 small and large animals, along with an underweight Bengal Tiger from two substandard breeding facilities. The animals had been kept outside in small, stacked cages in freezing weather. I found out about this when my grandchildren took me for a visit to the Society's St. Louis headquarters where they found their dog Max more than five years ago. They are devoted to him and he to them.
The Center here is the largest in Missouri and may be one of the largest in the country. In addition to small animals, it rescues and cares for larger animals who are neglected at its Long Meadow Ranch. The Society is funded by private donations and fee for service programs and workshops. The facility is light and airy. The animals appealing and shy.
As we walked up and down the aisles I read the description of what each animal endured. I wondered, is man really, as Shakespeare declared in Hamlet, "the paragon of animals.?"
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