A Loss So Great

Animals serve as conduits for people
to fulfill their primal need for connection to nature.
The animals in a home may be a person’s only
and deepest source of unconditional love.
Millions of people need this kind of love –
love without judgment, artifice, or stinginess –
in a universe of emotional and spiritual isolation.
Animals bridge the gap between our hearts and minds.
As became apparent after Hurricane Katrina and other disasters,
many people will die rather than lose a relationship
for which there is no human substitute.

– Allen & Linda Anderson, in
Rescued: Saving Animals from Disaster
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