Before You Donate!

Everyone involved in rescue is amazing, and many of these people give up their own time and money to save animals. Rescuing animals is endless, tireless, and often thankless, and many of us do it with very little funds. Therefore, securing funds is vital, but it really annoys me when I see some of the tactics used by other rescues. 

These rescue's don't seem to realize they are actually doing more harm than good, and that people are put off from donating due to their posts. The top things that put people off are:

TOO MANY PLEAS- Asking for money once is acceptable, but clogging up people inboxes with request after request is bad. Many people wont even open your message, or read your post if you ask over and over for the same thing. They got it the first time, you are broke, and need money, reminding them of this will bore them. 

GUILT TRIPS- The situation for most rescue animals is grim, and what happens in pounds, and rescue centers is dire. However, there is no need to try and make people feel guilty about donating, if you post that "200 dogs are going to die at the end of the day" "or that today is death day" it makes the problems seem to big to overcome, therefore, what is the point in helping. 

AVALANCHE- this is where the rescue bombard everyone with a combination of guilt trips and pleas all at once, and people can simply not process all the information. For your average person this feels like they are being hit in the head with repeated snowballs, and will tend to block your rescue not help. 

SAD STORIES WITH SAD PHOTOS- Illness, and cruelty do exist, and these photos do need to be published, however, not ALL day every day. When your average person is sat at home staring at images of sick animals, with no way of directly helping, they will tend to shut off, and move away from the screen. People want to see happy stories, nice photos, and occasionally the odd OMG photo.