I would have invited her to come out and meet farmers, families and first nations people here and see their way of life and struggles and the animals they love and care for.

Then to come back after a bushfire has ravaged it as part of a compassion crew where we have to put animals down humanely that can't be saved.

Theres a saying in the rural areas that no one should have to put down their own animals, and theres serious psychological weight behind it.

After huge disasters going around with a vet to needle dozens, hundreds, thousands of animals just is not possible or humane, a lot of the time it a team from a group such as HnC or FA who will volunteer out of humility, patriotism sometimes, empathy and so on who don't want animals suffering and those bonded with having to put them down.

it's gut wrenching and having seen some of the worst humanity has to offer i've been out on many of these and they take a massive mental toll on you, if I had not seen the horrors of a battlefield or a fireground, I likely wouldn't be able to stomach having to do it more than once and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

For someone like her to be this fargone, i'd like to see them share this experience, despite what you hear from GCA/PETA none of these teams are "bloodpacks" or out for "sport" it's to end suffering and spare more pain. 

You come back from one of these quiet, shaken and needing a scotch and if you can't accept that you did the right thing because you were helping the animals and sparing the humans who cared for them from having to go through with it, it helps. But i've seen people get absolutely wrecked by it.

She needs to experience what it's like to value a life, then taking one means so much more than an instagram post.