Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless, Hope for Every Paw

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Tails of Hope is a global platform championing animal welfare and animal rights, serving as powerful voices for the voiceless. We spotlight rescue stories, ethical adoption, responsible guardianship, animal law advocacy, and urgent issues like factory farming. From supporting shelters and caregivers to amplifying animal lawyers and reform-driven leaders, we inspire compassionate action worldwide. Join us in building a kinder, more conscious world for every life that cannot speak for itself.

  1. 6D AGO

    Animal Welfare & Advocacy: Tails of Hope India Podcast – Season 3, Episode 2 (Part 1) Guest: Timmie Kumar Managing Trustee, Help in Suffering

    TAILS OF HOPE – Season 3, Episode 2 (Part 1)Guest: Timmie KumarManaging Trustee, Help in Suffering**📍 Jaipur, Rajasthan, IndiaPodcast: Tails of Hope   What does it take to make an entire city virtuallyfree of rabies?What kind of courage does it require to stand up for performing animals—monkeys, snakes, bears—long before animal welfare was mainstream? In this powerful opening of Season 3, Episode 2, wesit down with a woman whose life is not just dedicated to animals—it is anchored in them.   In Part 1, Timmie Kumar takes us into the heart ofJaipur’s animal welfare movement. She shares how her journey began not in boardrooms, but in childhood compassion—and how that spark grew intostructured, city-wide impact. From being a founding member of an animal welfareNGO in Agra to leading large-scale protests and rescue missions for exploited performing animals, Timmie reflects on the evolution of advocacy in India. She speaks candidly about the resistance faced, the emotional toll of rescue work,and the discipline required to turn empathy into organized action. The conversation moves into her journey with Help inSuffering (HIS), where she began as a volunteer in 2002—immersing herself in street animal medical care, sterilization drives, and vaccination programs. Through perseverance, teamwork, and an unshakeable moral compass, she rose to become the first Indian woman to serve as Managing Trustee of the organization. In this episode, we explore: This is not a story of overnight success. It is astory of decades of consistent, disciplined compassion.   If you have ever felt that systemic change in Indiais impossible… this episode will challenge that belief. You will discover: This conversation does not romanticize rescue work.It reveals the strategy, patience, and accountability behind real impact. It reminds us that loving animals is beautiful—butbuilding systems to protect them is transformational.   🎧 Listen to Season 3, Episode 2 (Part 1) now.📢 Share this episode with municipal leaders, veterinarians, students, and grassroots activists.💬 Reflect: What long-term system can you help strengthen in your own city?🤝 Support organizations doing structured, science-backed animal welfare work. Because hope is not loud.Hope is organized.And in Jaipur, hope walks on four legs—vaccinated, protected, and seen.   Guest Bio (Short) Timmie Kumaris the Managing Trustee of Help in Suffering (Jaipur), an award-winning animal welfare leader recognized for making Jaipur virtually rabies-free through comprehensive vaccination and Animal Birth Control programs. She played apivotal role in establishing the Camel Rescue Center in Bassi and has received honors including the Humane Society International Award and the Pride of Jaipur Award. A lifelong advocate for animals, Timmie continues to lead with courage,faith, and unwavering compassion. https://www.instagram.com/timmie.kumar?igsh=MWc5MWJ5M2t1YzFsMw%3D%3D https://www.instagram.com/helpinsuffering?igsh=MWZjd3JtbDZ0YzVzbQ%3D%3D https://helpinsuffering.org/ #helpinganimals, #animalcare, #animalsinneed, #fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,   #animallove, #animalwelfare, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate, #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue, #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy, #anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast,#voicesforthevoiceless, #tailsofhopeindia,

    47 min

  2. FEB 6

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 3 | Episode 1 (Part Finale) Guest: Laura Ireland-Associate Director, Animal Law and Policy Institute

    TAILS OF HOPE – Season 3, Episode 1 (Finale)Guest: Laura IrelandAssociate Director, Animal Law and Policy InstituteVermont Law and Graduate School📍 South Royalton,VermontPodcast: Tails of Hope   What happens after awareness?After outrage?After the post is shared, the protest ends, and the spotlight fades? In the finale of this opening episode of Season 3, Tails of Hope moves beyond the “why” of animal advocacy and enters thefar more difficult territory of the “how”. This conversation is about endurance, systems, and the long road of justice—where animals are not symbols, but stakeholders.   In this concluding chapter, Laura Ireland takes us deeper into the real architecture of animal protection—where law, policy,education, and community intersect. Drawing from decades of experience in legal education, animal sheltering, and policy-building, Laura speaks about what advocacy looks like when it matures. She reflects on why training future advocates is as critical as rescuing animals today, and how embedding animals into environmental and legal frameworks creates protection that lasts beyond individual cases. The episode explores: Laura also shares lived insights on balancing professional responsibility with personal life—parenthood, rescued animals, and civic duty—revealing that effective advocacy is rarely loud, but always consistent.   If you’ve ever felt that compassion alone is not enough… you’re right.This episode gives language to that discomfort. You’ll walk away understanding: This is the episode that replaces helplessness with direction.Not everyone will litigate.Not everyone will draft policy.But everyone can support the systems that do. This finale doesn’t ask you to do more.It asks you to do what you do—strategically.   🎧 Listen to Season 3, Episode 1 (Finale) now📘 Share this episode with students, educators, advocates, and leaders shaping the future💬 Reflect on one question: What structure am I helping build for animals—even when I’m not visible?🔁 Because hope that endures is hope that is designed.   Laura Irelandis the Associate Director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School. A pioneer in animal law education, she previously founded and led the National Center for Animal Law at Lewis & Clark Law School andhelped establish its Animal Law Clinic. With over a decade of experience in animal sheltering and deep involvement in community service and disaster response, Laura is dedicated to mentoring future advocates and building systemswhere animals are central to justice, environmental protection, and public policy.   Hope is not a feeling.It is a framework.And when built well, it protects those who cannot ask for it. #helpinganimals, #animalcare,#animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,   #animallove,#animalwelfare,#endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate, #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue, #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy, #anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast,#voicesforthevoiceless, #tailsofhopeindia,

    39 min

  3. JAN 30

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 3 | Episode 1 (Part 1) Guest: Laura Ireland - Associate Director, Animal Law and Policy Institute |

    TAILS OF HOPE – Season 3, Episode 1 (Part 1) Guest: Laura Ireland - Associate Director, Animal Law and Policy Institute | Vermont Law and Graduate School  What does justice look like when animals are placedat the very center of the legal system—rather than at its margins?In the opening episode of Season 3 of Tails of Hope, we begin with a powerful, grounded conversation that reframes advocacy not as outrage, but as rigorous, compassionate action. This is not a debate about loving animals. It is aconversation about defending them—strategically, lawfully, and sustainably.  Our guest, Laura Ireland, is a trailblazer in animallaw and a fierce educator shaping the next generation of animal advocates. From building foundational animal law programs to mentoring students who will go on to draft policies, litigate cases, and influence global standards, Laura’s work sits at the intersection of law, education, and lived compassion. In this episode, Laura speaks candidly about what ittruly takes to move animal protection forward—beyond slogans and into systems.We explore how legal education becomes a multiplier for change, why policy work demands patience and precision, and how community-rooted advocacy keeps movements resilient rather than reactionary. The discussion also opens a deeply human window intothe advocate behind the credentials—how personal values, family, rescued animals, and community service shape a long-term commitment to justice. From disaster response to mentorship, Laura reveals how advocacy is not a role youswitch on and off—it’s a way of inhabiting the world.   If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the scale ofanimal suffering…If you have wondered whether the law can truly serve those without a voice…If you are a student, professional, activist, or simply a conscious human asking “Where do I fit in this movement?”—this conversation is for you. This episode will not leave you angry. It will leave you clear.Clear about why education matters.Clear about why policy change is slow—but powerful.Clear about how sustainable advocacy is built not on burnout, but on mentorship, structure, and ethical resolve. Laura’s insights dismantle the myth that only a fewcan make a difference. Instead, she shows how systems of learning and leadership create ripples far beyond individual effort.   🎧 Listen to Season 3, Episode 1 (Part 1) now.📌 Reflect on how your skills—legal, creative, organizational, or relational—can serve animals more effectively.🔁 Share this episode with someone who believes compassion must be backed by competence.💬 Join the conversation and help us build a future where animals are no longer an afterthought in justice—but its measure.   Laura Irelandis the Associate Director at the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School, where she teaches, mentors, and helps train future leaders in animal advocacy. With decades of experience across legal education, animalsheltering, and policy development, Laura is deeply committed to community service, disaster response, and building sustainable systems of protection for animals—guided by both rigor and compassion. Because hope is not passive.Hope is practiced.Hope is taught.And hope, when structured well, becomes law. #helpinganimals, #animalcare, #animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,   #animallove,#animalwelfare, #animalshelter, #dogslife, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate, #fortheloveofdogs,#petsarethebest, #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,#doglife, #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy, #anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, #voicesforthevoiceless, #tailsofhopeindia,

    36 min

  4. JAN 23

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 2 | Episode 12 (FINALE) Guest: Stuart Tan Co-Founder – Trap Neuter Release Manage Foundation (TNRM)

    🎧 Tails of Hope Podcast | Season 2, Episode 12 (FINALE)Guest: Stuart Tan Co-Founder – Trap Neuter Release Manage Foundation (TNRM) “When Compassion Becomes Policy”   🌟 What if the most compassionate action isn’t dramatic rescue—but prevention?What if the future of animal welfare depends not on emotion alone, but on discipline, data, and long-term responsibility? In the Season 2 Finale of Tails of Hope, we conclude with a conversation that brings clarity where there is often conflict.We sit with Stuart Tan, Co-Founder of the Trap Neuter Release Manage (TNRM) Foundation in Malaysia—a man whose work demonstrates that humane animal welfare is not only possible, but sustainable when guided by structureand cooperation. This finale is not loud.It is deliberate.And that is precisely why it matters.   💡 Throughout the discussion, Stuart reflects on years of hands-on experience working at the intersection of community animals, public resistance, policy gaps, andmisunderstood solutions. Drawing from the subtitle conversation, headdresses: Stuart explains that TNRM is not an abstract theory—it is a measured, proven system that reduces aggression, disease,complaints, and population growth over time. He speaks with calm authority, grounded not in ideology, but in outcomes. This episode demystifies TNR and challenges deeply ingrained misconceptions—especially the belief that killing or relocation solves animal overpopulation.   🔥 Listening to Stuart reshapes the listener’s understanding of compassion itself. He makes one thing clear:True compassion is not reactive—it is preventive. This finale will resonate strongly if you have ever: Stuart does not romanticise the work. He speaks about burnout, slow progress, and the frustration of repeating the same explanations year after year. Yet his commitment remains steady—because he understands that meaningful change is cumulative. This conversation invites us to mature our compassion—to move from urgency to strategy, from reaction to responsibility.   🎧 Tune in to Tails of Hope – Season 2, Episode 12 (FINALE) featuring Stuart Tan, Co-Founder of TNRM Foundation, now streaming on all major platforms. Let this episode close the season not with emotion alone, but with understanding. 🐾 Because protecting animals is not just about saving those in front of us—it is about ensuring fewer suffer tomorrow. 🔗 All streaming links are in the description/comments. 🕊️ Season Closing Reflection As Season 2 comes to an end, Tails of Hope leaves us with a grounded truth: Compassion without structure burns out.Structure without compassion becomes cruel. Real change lives where both meet. Thank you for walking with us through a season of voices, systems, and steadfast hope. #helpinganimals, #animalcare, #animalsinneed, #fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,   #animallove, #animalwelfare, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate,  #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,  #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy, #anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, #voicesforthevoiceless,#tailsofhopeindia,

    35 min

  5. JAN 16

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 2 | Episode 12 (Part 1) Guest: Stuart Tan Co-Founder – Trap Neuter Release Manage Foundation (TNRM)

    Tails of Hope Podcast | Season 2, Episode 12 (Part 1) Guest: Stuart Tan Co-Founder – Trap Neuter Release Manage Foundation (TNRM) “Managing Compassion: A Humane Solution for Community Animals” 🌟 What if compassion didn’t need chaos?What if saving animals wasn’t about rescuing one at a time—but about preventing suffering before it begins? In this powerful episode of Tails of Hope, we travel to Malaysia to sit with Stuart Tan, Co-Founder of the Trap Neuter Release Manage (TNRM) Foundation—a man whose work proves that humane solutions, when applied with discipline and patience, can change the fate of entire communities of animals. This episode isn’t about emotional rescue storiesalone.It’s about strategy, sustainability, and responsibility—and why real compassion must think long-term.   💡 Through the SRT conversation, Stuart explains how unchecked breeding, fear-driven policies, and public misunderstanding have created cycles of suffering forstreet dogs and cats across urban and semi-urban Malaysia. Instead of reacting to crises, TNRM focuses on prevention. In this episode, Stuart breaks down: Stuart speaks calmly, clearly, and without drama—because when lives are at stake, clarity matters. He reminds us that TNR isn’t a Western concept or anidealistic dream—it is proven, practical, and humane, when done correctly.   🔥 Listening to Stuart reshapes how you think about animal welfare. He doesn’t appeal to guilt.He appeals to logic, ethics, and responsibility. This episode will resonate deeply if you’ve ever: Stuart shows that compassion doesn’t always lookemotional.Sometimes, it looks structured.Sometimes, it looks patient.Sometimes, it looks like doing the same difficult work again and again—without applause. This conversation challenges the belief that kindness must be loud to be effective. Instead, it shows that quiet systemssave the most lives.   🎧 Tune in to Tails of Hope – Season 2, Episode 12 (Part 1) featuring Stuart Tan, Co-Founder of TNRM Foundation, now streaming on all major platforms. Let this episode deepen your understanding of humanepopulation management—and remind you that lasting change is built through cooperation, not confrontation. 🐾 Because protecting animals isn’t only about rescuing the injured—it’s about preventing suffering before it starts. 🔗 All streaming links are in the description/comments.   🕊️ Closing Thought As this episode reminds us:Compassion without strategy burns out.Strategy without compassion becomes cruel. True animal welfare lives where both meet. #helpinganimals, #animalcare, #animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,  #animallove,#animalwelfare, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate,  #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,  #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy,#anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, #voicesforthevoiceless,#tailsofhopeindia,

    34 min

  6. JAN 9

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 2 | Episode 11 (FINALE) Guest: From Silence to Service” featuring Ashish Malhotra (Monk On Mission)

    Tails of Hope Podcast | Season 2 – Episode 11 (Finale) “When Compassion Becomes a Way of Life”   🌟 What happens when compassion stops being an emotion—and becomes a responsibility? In the Season 2 Finale of Tails of Hope, we close with a voice that does not seek attention, applause, or recognition. Wesit with Ashish Malhotra, widely known as Monk On Mission—a man who chose to step away from comfort and step fully into service. As the founder of Saviours of Strays, Ashish has dedicated his life to protecting street animals who live unseen, unheard,and unprotected. This finale is not dramatic or loud. It is something far more powerful: honest, grounded, and deeply human. This is not the story of a hero.It is the story of someone who simply refused to look away.   💡 In this final conversation, Ashish reflects openly on the journey behind the mission—the emotional cost, the daily struggles, and the quiet discipline it takes to keep showing up when the suffering never ends. From the SRT moments, he speaks about: Through Saviours of Strays, Ashish and his team rescue, treat, rehabilitate, and protect animals who would otherwise beleft to die unnoticed. But this episode is not about numbers or achievements.It is about presence. He shares why calling them “strays” misses the truth—they are lives without guardians, not lives without value. 🔥 Listening to Ashish in this finale feels like being gently confronted with an uncomfortable truth:Most people care. Few commit. He does not guilt the listener. He does not ask for praise. Instead, he invites reflection.What does responsibility look like in a world where suffering is normalised?What does service look like when no one is watching? This episode will resonate deeply if you have ever: Ashish’s life answers that question quietly butfirmly: yes.Not through grand gestures—but through daily, disciplined compassion. This finale reminds us that purpose is not found—itis practiced.   🎧 Tune in to Tails of Hope – Season 2, Episode 11 (FINALE) featuring Ashish Malhotra (Monk On Mission), now streaming on all major platforms. Let this episode close the season not with inspiration alone—but with intention. 🐾 Because the true measure of humanity is how we treat those who have no voice, no protection, and no choice. 🔗 All streaming links are in the description/comments.🌱 Learn more about the work at savioursofstrays.in   🕊️ Closing Note As Season 2 Episode 11 (Finale) comes to an end, Tailsof Hope leaves you with this quiet truth:Compassion does not require perfection.It requires presence. Thank you for walking with us through a season of souls, stories, and steadfast hope. #helpinganimals, #animalcare,#animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,  #animallove,#animalwelfare, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate,  #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,  #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy,#anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, #voicesforthevoiceless,#tailsofhopeindia,

    44 min

  7. JAN 2

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 2 | Episode 11 (PART 1) Guest: From Silence to Service” featuring Ashish Malhotra (Monk On Mission)

    🎧 Tails of Hope Podcast | Season 2, Episode 11 (Part 1) “From Silence to Service” featuring Ashish Malhotra (Monk On Mission) Founder – Saviours of Strays   What makes a person walk away from comfort—and walkstraight into suffering?What transforms an ordinary life into a mission where every breath is dedicated to the voiceless? In this deeply moving episode of Tails of Hope, we sit with Ashish Malhotra, known to many as Monk On Mission—aman whose life took a radical turn when he chose service over self, and compassion over convenience. As the founder of Saviours of Strays, Ashish stands at the frontlines of India’s street-animal crisis, not with slogans, but with presence, sacrifice, and relentless action. This is not just an interview.It is a quiet awakening.   💡From the conversation, Ashish shares how the suffering of street animals—injured, abandoned, unseen—became impossible for him to ignore. What began as concernevolved into commitment, and commitment into a full-time mission. Through Saviours of Strays, he and his team rescue, rehabilitate, treat, and protect animals who would otherwise be left to fate. But this episode goes beyond rescue statistics. Ashish speaks candidly about: 🐾 The emotional weight of witnessing daily cruelty and neglect🐾 Why street animals are not “strays” but souls without guardians🐾 The inner discipline required to keep showing up when resources are scarce🐾 How compassion, when lived daily, becomes a spiritual practice🐾 The hard truths behind rescue work that few people see or talk about The conversation with Ashish reveal’s a man who doesnot romanticize suffering. Instead, he honours it—with honesty, humility, and an unwavering sense of responsibility.   🔥 Listening to Ashish feels like being reminded of something ancient and essential:that service is not charity—it is remembrance. He does not position himself as a saviour. He speaksas a witness, a protector, and a fellow traveler on a difficult path. His words invite the listener to question their own relationship with indifference, comfort, and compassion. This episode will resonate deeply if you’ve everfelt:• disturbed by street-animal suffering but unsure how to help• called toward service but afraid of the cost• emotionally exhausted by the scale of cruelty• inspired by people who live their values, quietly and consistently Ashish shows us that you don’t need to be extraordinary to make a difference—you need to be available. And in thatavailability, purpose finds you.   🎧 Tune in to Tails of Hope – Season 2, Episode 11 (Part 1) featuring Ashish Malhotra (Monk On Mission), now streaming on all major platforms. Let this episode be a mirror—and a nudge.A reminder that compassion is not something we feel once in a while, but something we practice, daily, through choices. 🐾 Because the measure of a society is not how it treats the powerful—but how it protects the forgotten. 🔗 All streaming links are in the comments/description.🌱 Learn more about the work at savioursofstrays.in #helpinganimals, #animalcare,#animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,  #animallove,#animalwelfare, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate,  #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,  #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy,#anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, #voicesforthevoiceless,#tailsofhopeindia,

    44 min

  8. 12/26/2025

    Tails of Hope India – Voices for the Voiceless: Animal Advocacy for Every Paw | Season 2 | Episode 10 (FINALE) Guest: Dr. Cliff Redford – “The World Through a Healer’s Eyes”

    🎧 Tails of Hope Podcast | Season 2 EPISODE 10 (FINALE) “The World Through a Healer’s Eyes” featuring Dr. Cliff Redford What if the world’s most powerful stories weren’twritten in studios or scripts—but lived on dusty roads, in flooded villages, chaotic clinics, and the quiet gaze of animals who have known only suffering? In the Season 2 Episode 10 (Finale) of Tails of Hope, we journey with Dr. Cliff Redford—world-travelling veterinarian, documentary producer, humanitarian, and storyteller whose life unfolds where compassion meets courage. Known globally as @drcliffworldwidevet, Dr. Cliff works in some of the most underserved and crisis-stricken regions of the world, offering veterinary care where hope is often the last to arrive. From disaster zones to remote villages, his work proves that healing doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it shows up anyway. In this powerful finale, Dr. Cliff shares:🐾 What it truly means to treat animals in disaster and conflict zones🌍 The rescues that changed him forever—as a vet and as a human🎥 The raw, emotional reality behind filming animal rescue documentaries❤️ Why compassion becomes a survival instinct in the world’s darkest places✨ How storytelling can heal as deeply as medicine Throughout the episode, he reflects on the emotionaltoll of rescue work, the spiritual shift that happens when you save the most fragile lives, and the power of presence—showing up when the whole world looks away. This finale is not just an ending.It’s a reminder. Heroes don’t wear capes.They wear scrubs covered in dust and hope. Dr. Cliff’s life shows us that one person—with a backpack, a medical kit, and a brave heart—can become the plot twist that changes an animal’s destiny forever. 🌿 Tails of Hope Season 2 Episode 10 (Finale) closes with gratitude, humility, and a truth that lingers: Compassion is an adventure—and every act of kindnessexpands the map of what’s possible. 🎧 Now streaming on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, iTunes & Castbox🔗 All links are in the description/comments. 🐾 Thank you for walking with us through Season 2—a season of souls, stories, and profound hope. #helpinganimals, #animalcare, #animalsinneed,#fortheanimals, #bekindtoanimals,   #animallove,#animalwelfare, #animalshelter, #dogslife, #endanimalabuse, #animaladvocate, #fortheloveofdogs,#petsarethebest, #mustlovedogs,  #animalrescue,#doglife, #loveanimals, #animaladvocacy, #anilnarainmatai, #TailsOfHopepodcast, , #voicesforthevoiceless, #tailsofhopeindia,

    43 min
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Tails of Hope is a global platform championing animal welfare and animal rights, serving as powerful voices for the voiceless. We spotlight rescue stories, ethical adoption, responsible guardianship, animal law advocacy, and urgent issues like factory farming. From supporting shelters and caregivers to amplifying animal lawyers and reform-driven leaders, we inspire compassionate action worldwide. Join us in building a kinder, more conscious world for every life that cannot speak for itself.

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