Throughout the course of the project, I learned so much about the cultures of the six countries that I had chosen and the relationship they have established with homeless animals. It taught me that the web of connections between living beings is much more closely knit than I had ever realized. The research phase in particular enabled me to increase my understanding of the topic, although I continued to learn more throughout the process. For example, when I was looking up photos and video clips to use in the film, I found important visual proof of what I had learned from websites.
With regard to the global context, fairness and development, I explored the consequences of our common humanity not on other humans, but on animals. From the research and analysis, I became more aware of the complex relationships between human cultures and animals, and how those relationships have changed over time. Most importantly, I learned more about how human development has negatively influenced thousands of other species, which is, in my opinion, one of the most critical ethical issues that we face today, especially with such rapidly growing industry and technology. All too often humans are inclined to treat other animals as inferior creatures and act with a certain degree of entitlement to this position of “greatest living being.” Completing the film has forced me to see this mentality in myself and enabled me to try to rid myself of it and act consciously of the fact that we need to share the world, with its finite resources, with millions of other species. 
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