Imagine what it would feel like if your family members decided that they no longer wanted you and left you at a shelter to fend for yourself. What if you were in an unfamiliar place and locked inside a cage with no idea where your next meal was coming from or how you’d survive? Someone might have loved you once and taken care of you—or maybe you’d never have known love, like so many others without homes.

With a beguiling melody and transcendent vocals, Hollace Bari Panzer and Yalil Guerra’s song “Why Don’t You Want Me?” expresses the longing that animals living in shelters experience. It strikes a chord of compassion, and the video paints a clear picture of how many lives are positively impacted by adopting an animal companion: the animal you adopt, other animals waiting for space in shelters, you, and the people in your life.

Why support a cruel industry—i.e., the breeders and pet shops that worsen the animal homelessness problem—when you can give an animal who’s already waiting in a shelter a loving, permanent home? Plus, shelters and rescue groups often include vaccinations, microchipping, and spaying or neutering in the adoption fee. And every time you go for a walk with your dog or a passerby sees your cat sunbathing in the window, you’ll be inspiring others to put their compassion into action by adopting an animal companion as well.

Everyone wins when it comes to adopting animals. You can help those waiting in shelters find homes by simply sharing “Why Don’t You Want Me?” on your social media accounts and with your family and friends.