Faceless voter!

This is my letter to the politicians on why I will not be voting on May 7th.
Dear Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband & Mr Clegg,
I am the faceless voter. I am not a celebrity, a sportswomen, or royalty. I attended secondary school (probably the worst in the country) and left at the age of fifteen with no qualifications, just a love and passion for animals, which led me to where I am now, a pet sitter of seventeen years.
Perhaps however, since you are all desperate for votes, I now matter, for it could be my vote that puts one of you in Downing Street on Thursday 7th May.
Yes, I care about the Health service. Having my own business I worry about the future for small companies. I am also mindful about all those young people who cannot find work and for Mrs Jones down the road who could not afford to pay for heating last winter, but I also care about the welfare of our animals.
They do not have a vote. Every day up and down the country, kittens and puppies suffer the horrors of puppy farms or concentration camps as I like to call them. They suffer a life of neglect, abuse and torture and when they have outlived their usefulness they are left to die a slow and painful death. The lucky ones will be killed or abandoned.
Then there is Mr Smith, a 75 year old pensioner who’s only companion is little Rover. They eat, sleep and exercise together and Rover is often the reason that Mr Smith gets up each morning. The companionship and the attachment they feel towards each other is fundamental to Mr Smith’s well-being and when Rover is suddenly stolen the impact is devasting.
There are literally thousands of dogs stolen each year and many are taken by organised gangs and being sold on for breeding, dog bait in the fighting fraternity, or trafficked through the internet. Did you know that most dog thefts are unrecorded, since officers investigate only if there is evidence of a crime!
What of the Breed specific legislation, which will never work and is entirely unjust.
This law was rushed through parliament in response to media and public pressure following a speight of high profile dog attacks! It is legislation which will never work, is ill informed and has not prevented attacks on the general public.
Numerous family dogs have been murdered as a result of this act. Gentle, loving and affectionate creatures who are completely innocent of any crime, taken off the street as a suspected banned breed and leaving devastated owners behind.
And now to you Mr Cameron. As I understand it, you have been quoted as ‘having the countryside in your blood’ and that it is your firm belief that everyone should have the power to hunt.
Well Mr Cameron, I live in a small country village, surrounded by farmland. I too have the countryside in my blood and like 80% of voters in the U.K. I do NOT want to see this barbaric sport returned.
It is an ASSAULT on rural life. Pregnant livestock can abort their young because of the distress caused by hounds, they cause misery to wildlife, not to mention the damage hunts cause to Farmers lands!
I would also question the integrity of any man who would consider hunting with hounds to be a part of our national heritage. Well let me tell you Mr Cameron, every single part of a hunt is cruel. The chase, the dig out and the kill. If the fox is lucky enough to escape underground, he is forced to fight the hounds before being pulled out and if very lucky, shot!
Yes, I am the faceless voter, but I will always care, for animals should never be forgotten. They are the eyes for the blind, ears for the deaf and help for the disabled. They defend our troops, detect mines and fight crime. They are part of our society and as such they deserve to be represented.
In the U.K. we are purported to be a nation of animal lovers and accordingly their welfare should be an issue of political concern and that Mr Cameron, Mr Clegg and Mr Miliband is why I remain the faceless voter.