Love this comment, Louise! Thank you for explaining. Hearing about the situation with your PM Trudeau, if only someone with so much influence would have a change of heart for nonhumans. That would be so wonderful. <3

I would really love to spend more time learning about topics like the latest developments in animal cruelty law, so I can have more to say in my articles. Talking about the intersections of animal and human issues—like how animal cruelty is often a pre-cursor to people abuse, as you mentioned—seems like an amazing way to reach out to people on the fence. It is also endlessly fascinating, although heart-wrenching at the same time.

Thank you for being an animal activist (among many other wonderful things you share) on Medium! I look forward to your fiction piece and more! Lots of gratitude, Phoenix