[Leica] Slides the cat has gone to kitty heaven

[sam at osheaven.net (Sam)]

To some, the death of a pet is akin to the death of a child, and to 
others the emotional resources and money spent on animals is a  scandal. 
If the time and energy spent taking care of pets was expended on 
visiting the abandoned sick and aged, or the money spent on having a pet 
operated on was paid into the medical account of an uninsured sick and 
needy human being, so much suffering could be alleviated. It baffles me 
when someone fains concern (many times via documentary photography) for, 
example, a bloated, fly covered, starving African child, and then rushes 
in the Volvo to the Vets to have the dog operated on for cancer at a 
cost of $5,000. Vanity pets have no place in a world of suffering human 
beings.

Sam S