Oh Pat.... Butch and every other animal that comes into your life is so very lucky to have you.
You are a great hero--

you're speaking for those that can't. That is so wonderful.
You know, all my life I've believed that animals are angel spies-- (I'm not religious.. but this has always been something I believe)-- I used to call my "babygirl"(my dog of 15 years, I just put down new years eve) -- My angel. Animals are one of the many gauges that measure the level of a person's kind heart. When one is kind to animals I believe one is given a higher rating than those that abuse or think of animals as non-feeling objects-- and then those like you that go even further by protecting all animals-- such people are given the hightest level of a kind heart.
You are at the top!