Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else do this? I really hate suffering (also bullying) of any kind and this extends to saving worms drowning in puddles, snails in the middle of the path ready to be trod on, bees in the middle of the road and such like. Today I walked past a worm drowning in a puddle and had to turn back to go save it. Any kind of animal suffering means huge emotional turmoil for me, more so than any suffering of humans. I’ll think about it for the rest of the day. It also means I really struggle with adverts asking for donations and showing donkeys in awful states and whatever other animals they show. I have to turn it over as I can’t physically do anything to help them and get an awful feeling in my stomach.
I did give a very burned out looking bee some sugary water to drink two summers ago. Which is remarkable for me, as I have a massive fear of buzzy flying things. This one was outside on the concrete so I knew I could flee once I'd helped it. It did seem to get strength back from it and then flew off. While I'm quite extremely phobic of most insectiod home invaders - certainly the larger ones that sound like B52 bombers and ricochet around, I don't like killing them, so try to find ways to get them out rather than resort to lethal force. I have a spider catcher as well, that allows them to be gently lifted at arm's length and put outside to fight another day.