I don't want to be depressing, here, but - how do you cope with it?

[Beringia]

31. I read enough about a subject

to become informed and aware. If there is a video or article on something related to animal suffering or abuse, I find out the essential facts, but I won't keep reading about it or watching videos about it over and over. I think to myself, the people who care the most are the ones who are motivated to help the animals, so our efforts are the key to a solution. People who think animals are just machines and don't matter should not be the ones in charge of the animals' fate.

Also society does change. For instance factory farming is a very new way of treating animals. And people who feel that it hurts animals to be treated this way, have spoken out loud enough to be heard and try to make a change. My grandfather was a farmer, when he was a child, there was no factory farming. He became a farmer involved in factory farming. Now me 2 generations down, realize factory farming is bad, and want a change.

Hunting for sport is a relatively new thing. It was not always such.

And also I think using your capacity for spirituality, to become aware and knowledgeable about subjects but not be pulled down by them, is important. People like Albert Schweitzer went into the heart of miserable conditions and used his life to make positive change.

Only that man is truly ethical who feels the necessity of assisting all life that he is able to help, and who shrinks from inflicting harm upon any living creature. (Reverence for Life - Albert Schweitzer).