On my blog I'm sharing how I'm giving $10 a day (on Day 20 so far) and Christine Eggers invited me to post here, too. At the moment I'm giving along with two friends also contributing $10 each, a mini giving circle. Today we decided to give to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:

[cross posted on www.actuallygiving.com]

I like animals. They are nice as pets. And I’m happy paying an extra buck for eggs from chickens that don’t poop on top of each other.

But I don’t really wanna give extra bucks to a charity for animals. I’d rather give it to a charity for humans.

Animals versus humans is something that pops up in philanthropy chatter every so often. Last October, Martin Brookes at New
Philanthropy Capital, a London-based philanthropic advising firm, wrote
about the gross imbalance between charities addressing domestic violence and those caring for elderly donkeys. He posted this[...]

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