This is a very special " 'Twas The Night Before Christmas". It was sent to me by a friend who asked if I would publish it in hopes that people would read it, want to send it and help. Every year thousands of  animals, either wild animals, lab animals or pets, are destroyed (mostly by humans). Please help stop the cruelty and killing of innocent animals.

'Twas The Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas all snug in the house,

We, some humans, and pets, and one was a mouse,

When they were enjoying Christmas cheer,

Outside an alley cat without an ear,

Stood starving and injured and sick to the bone,

Sat out in the pouring rain all alone,

A dog with big bruises pulled by his lead,

While people hit him till he began to bleed,

An ape in a lab cried out in fright,

When something sharp hit him will all its might,

A cat in a shelter stood lonely in stance,

While people passed by without even a glance,

A fox shrieked when he was in pain,

Caught in a fur trap out in the rain,

If we know this happens, why don't we take action?

We can cut this down fraction by fraction.

Especially on Christmas for peace on earth.