Most of us in the first world think it's the job of governments to look after people. Animals, ie stray dogs roaming streets, have no one to stand up for them. I was in Northern Thailand a year ago and the locals were bemused by me buying meat to feed them in the evenings.

I also think that the tv swamping us with pleas for money with film of emaciated children actually has the opposite effect and you become numb to the images.Many of the images come from countries where there is civil war. If they have enough money to buy guns and bombs, then they have enough to feed their own population.

My view is humans can help themselves, animals rely on us, I will continue to support animal charities.