I hate to think of what this world would be like without the Animal Legal Defense Fund. As a person who has always been very tuned into animals, I am particularly disturbed when I read about animal abuse or neglect, anything from bringing children to watch dogfighting, to a person with mental problems who has stabbed to death the pet of his girlfriend who has jilted him. Since the animals have no voices, we count on ALDF. They are worth their weight in gold.