05-05-2010 A precious gift

Tomorrow, of course, is polling day, the day when we can use the power of our vote to make a real and lasting difference.

We know that the vote that we have is a precious gift handed down to us by our ancestors who strove and fought so valiantly to ensure that the vote can be ours.  We know how valuable it is.  We will not, therefore, just throw it out to anyone who demands it, and who will take it and abuse it and use it to satisfy only the needs of an elite few.  No, we know that we must use it wisely and offer our vote only to those we can trust and who will use the vote to offer a better future and a better world for everyone, including those who are least regarded, most vulnerable and utterly at our mercy – those animals in our world.

There are hundreds of millions if not billions of people across the globe who are desperate to have the opportunity that we have tomorrow – a simple but profoundly important act of being able to cast a vote.  There is power in our vote and there is power in the knowledge we have of what those so-called main political parties really stand for  – which is only more of the same that has caused so much damage in our society and harmed so many so much for decades.

We can use the precious gift of our vote to say “No!” to any more of any of the same and say a resounding, loud and heartfelt “Yes!” to something new, something positive, something that represents real justice and hope for all – and all it takes is a simple X next to the name of Animals Count…

It is time for a new way of doing things.  It is time for Animals Count.