The note mentioned a man who was out doing what so many of us want to do, but can't - for whatever reason. No judgement.
The note said, "Meet the man that has changed what it means to give a second life to animals who never had a chance."
I hesitated. I hesitated because I feel the pain and anguish of people, pets, even trees, when they are being abused or neglected, or worse. I feel it in my soul and it hurts. But, I had to read on. I had to learn about this man, this man called Marc Ching.
Marc is the founder of The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, a non-profit organization that is set on a difficult, but rewarding mission of rescuing abused and neglected animals, providing full rehabilitation services, and ultimately, working towards the main goal of helping find a fur-ever home.
More than one million fans follow Marc’s incredible journey to saving these innocent animals. Being an animal activist, Ching has been featured in some of the top media outlets, including, CNN, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, The Dodo and more.
As a 4th generation Japanese herbalist and macro-biologist, Ching has found the secret to revolutionizing animals through eastern medical methodologies and homeopathic healing at his PetStaurant operation in Southern California.
Let's talk about the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation. The big part that hit me when I was reading about it is the part where Marc travels to China and Korea to save dogs from the meat trade!
In addition to saving domestic animals, Ching travels to China and Korea to save dogs from the meat trade and transport the dogs to the U.S. and find them forever homes. When they arrive, there are foster homes lined up for the dogs where they can recover and rehabilitate until they are healthy and can be matched with their perfect, forever, home. Ching is also working with authorities in China in order to make it criminal to abuse dogs for the meat trade and they are doing work here in the U.S. to stop the illegal dog meat trade.
On his first trip to China, Marc left America without a plan, without knowing anyone in the country and without a hotel reservation. He came only with a bag and a ticket and a desire to save animals from abuse.
By talking to people on the streets, Ching has discovered slaughterhouses and puppy mills and animals that need saving. While on his journey he found the Little Flower Orphanage and created a partnership with them to utilize their farm for the first dog sanctuary in Bejjing. In return, Ching pays the orphans to take care of the dogs, and trains them to nurture the animals back to health so that they may be adopted locally, with the most horrific cases being flown back home to Los Angeles to the Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation.
I am at a loss for words, here. I admire this man more than almost any other human being. He's out there in the trenches, so to speak. He endures the horror of the abuse and neglect we hear about on social media every day (it causes me such pain I often just cannot look at it). Here's a man who puts in the effort and the time to rehabilitate them, after their years of abuse!
How do you celebrate such work and such a man, properly? I can and am writing about him here, and I will shout about him over social, and I hope we all can carry his message forward, but that's not enough, is it? No! We need to support his efforts with donations and reoccurring social mentions.
An easy way to do that is to support his store:
PetStaurant owner Marc Ching draws on his background as a fourth-generation Japanese herbalist and holistic nutritionist to bring sick cats and dogs back to good health. Meanwhile, staff help patrons select from food prepared in-house or from about two dozen brands of healthy food and snacks — gluten-free, organic, and hypoallergenic. Dogs play in their own room or follow their owners around the small Sherman Oaks shop.
As the lead nutritionist, Marc brings eastern medical methodologies and homeopathic healing of animal ailments through healthful individualized real food diets. Marc creates species appropriate meals for both dogs and cats, understanding the anatomy of animals and how their bodies process and absorb nutrients. His belief and culture, a presence which has become the corner stone of the company – is that our pets are a part of our family.
Every once in a while someone comes along who is a saint on earth. Or an angel. I don't care of you believe in saints or angels. That's not my message. Those words are good labels for men like Marc Ching. He is a saint. He is an angel. I feel strongly about this. He is here to do a service and what a service it is!
As he says, "Medication is not always a cure, and for many animals – it is just a band aid. But there is hope and power in education, and a better way of life through love.”
I do believe there is no stronger sense of the human -animal bond than this. Do you disagree?
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