Blog 5

Volunteering at the PSCPA reinforced my learning in class because whenever I learned about new concepts or ideas in class it stuck with me during my time with the dogs and cats. It also changed my understanding of them and influenced how I treated them. I tried talking to the dogs like Willy talks to Mr. Bones for instance.. whether that has any effect at all is obviously unknown but there's no harm :) 

Volunteering there also helped learn more about the shelter animals situation and I could say influenced the way I received the information I learned in class. I know that in my journals and essays volunteering at the PSCPA definitely had an influence. It gave me a lot of opportunities to reflect on both sides of the argument. A lot of the readings from AE affected the way I saw different situations and arguments like the ones about whether they were they could be a moral agent or the different shades of anthropomorphism. 

I think that I have to admit though, that after volunteering at the PSCPA I can't help feel a bit sad and hopeless. And ashamed. Because those homeless caged animals are a product of our society and proof of how we've failed to create a sustainable relationship with the creatures that rely on us.