Humane Resolutions Help Everyone   This year, consider a New Year’s resolution that will help animals. There are many animals out there in need of human help from your and your neighbor’s companion animals to wildlife half-way around the world. A little effort on your part can help make a huge difference. Also, the effort put into these selfless resolutions can help improve on your own life, too. A generous resolution can feed two birds with one seed, if you will.   Want to work locally and hands-on? Look at the animals you live with. Do they get enough exercise and attention? Start taking your dogs—and even your leash-trained cat—for scheduled walks. Establish interactive play sessions. Ensure everyone is getting groomed regularly (and that includes those dreaded nail-clippings, too). Start some training. Every dog can enjoy the rewards offered by basic obedience classes; and then you can work up to more advanced work such as agility, tracking, or competition obedience. Our other companions can learn, too. Cats can easily learn tricks (you just have to learn how to make it worth their while). Birds are ripe for education, and even betta fis ...

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