01/04/2025
People will hate you when you cannot fund their pet’s needs, and direct them to an obtainable grant application, instead.
People will hate you when you excel at what they have been doing longer than you.
People will hate you when you tell the blunt truth to them.
But we will advocate for the truth. We will advocate for animals. We will never stop.
Rescues spread rumors about other rescues in the animal world like its middle school. Animal organizations are a rough game to get into emotionally, already. But the environment of rescues has been incredibly toxic.
People want to believe the worst about you. ‘Just in case’ they’re telling the truth? If you watch you’ll see if someone is helping animals.
One rescue started a rumor that I stole something from her, when I gave her upwards of $15,000 in pet store inventory before leaving Oregon in January of this year for a trial against someone who nearly killed my newborn son. Then because I was so preoccupied with everything she had her friend steal $500 worth of my possessions. And STILL told people I stole something? Why? Because I seriously don’t understand how I p**s off people bad enough for them to make s**t up about me.
Another rescue decided to spread rumors that I abused animals in my care. But im not a rescue. I don’t take in animals. I have helped with placement, and I have fostered for domestic violence survivors, but all of the animals in my care have well documented shelter records, and vet records. I even have receipts for the poo disposal company I used at my home.
What really surprised me was how quickly the people I had personally talked to, personally helped, or supported, turned on me. Many even continued to make up more lies to get on the band wagon. I know because some of these people that heard their stories, reached out to tell me how horrible I was. I haven’t even been in oregon since January 2024 but I continue to help community pets receive routine care. We try and do what we can to help with emergency care, and sometimes that means directing the person to an application for a grant they qualify for. But since we didn’t pay the vet directly, people get mad. They had to do more work for something, they didn’t, and they try to disparage us.
We are a small organization. We get grant funding, and donations. That does not cover the entire county’s animals. We are working on expanding our fundraising, to be able to assist and support more pet owners. As of right now, our funds are limited and we do what we can as the funds come in.
We have a wait list for help, but we can still send you to a grant and see if you can get help another way. We work with all the resources we have to help our pet parents. We hate that we cannot fund every request, immediately. We obviously would if we could. So much of the funding comes from my (Amanda) own pocket. I work more so I can donate more and help more pets get vaccinated, spayed, neutered, food, etc.
Regardless of what people say, we do every single thing by the book. For oregon law, for federal law. AND regardless of what people say we will continue to do good, anyway.
We have always believed in killing haters with kindness. When people come at us, we treat them with respect and understanding. We do not disparage, we only try to leave this world a little better than it was yesterday for animals and their humans. Some days we don’t get very far, others we make leaps and bounds. But we will always be an advocate for animals.
I have volunteered for animal rescues and shelters since I was 12 years old. I was tube feeding sea lions by 15. I am actively enrolled in vet med, and will be starting my 4th semester this spring. My life has been dedicated to helping all animals since I was even younger than 12. I would bring home stray animals, and always loved animal caretaking.
Why on earth would I spend my entire life helping animals to abuse them or hurt other rescues or whatever these lies say? What do I get out of it? Because im struggling to find the motive behind these terrible things i supposedly ‘did’. Anyway, I tried to ignore these people for the last 10 months, but im sick of it. So if you don’t like us, if you believe the worst in us, please remove yourself. Because we will be here to help animals always.
