I can’t.  I-I-I just can’t.  I simply cannot watch that horrific Humane Society commercial, one more time.

It’s too much.  It’s why God created TiVo.  It makes those ChildFund commercials seem positively cheery, by comparison.  You know the one… 

In its latest incarnation, a morbid piano dirge plays, as Wendy Malick speaks over a montage that includes a starving horse with mange, a trembling three-legged terrier in a teeny cage, a field of clubbed baby seals, and a clowder of unkempt one-eyed cats.  It goes on for TWO MINUTES, and all the while messages flash across the screen, reading “Why do they kick me?” and “Will I die today?” 

Now, I love animals (mostly in the abstract - as I’m highly allergic, and also kind of a wuss); and I absolutely adore my miniature schnauzers, Sammy and Sophie (more than I do most people).  So yes – I do recognize that this situation is legitimately disturbing.

But I should not have to vacillate between tears and nausea, upon seeing a public-service announcement, in the middle of my TV Land marathon of The Golden Girls!

Here’s a public-service – how about cutting this clip down to a really poignant 60 seconds?  Rarely does the occasion arise where I’ll tout the tenets of the “less is more” mentality; but if ever there was such a time, this is it.  Talk about beating a dead horse!

So please, support the Humane Society, so I can go back to watching TV without the constant fear of this commercial raining on my syndicated parade - because from where I’m sitting, that’s the real cruelty.

Stop Animal Cruelty
Humane Society of the United States
Click HERE for info

Get into it!