07/12/2024
With all the compassion fatigue warnings, we would like to remind all rescuers (including ourselves) that it is okay to say no, it's okay to shut your phone off, it's okay to make a bad decision, it's okay to fall asleep, it's okay to leave the message until tomorrow.
For people needing a rescuer, please make it as easy as possible. Do not ask for a miracle, do not blame if something goes wrong, do not expect your rescuer to do everything for you. Make an effort to help! Offer to help transport, offer to donate money or goods. Offer to foster!
Rescuers have a hard time saying no, it eats us alive. We have a heart and mind that won't stop thinking about a dying animal/an animal in need. An animal they could help if only they had the energy, If only they had the time, if only they had the money, if only someone would step up and foster.
Trust us, if you are asking a rescuer for help, that rescuer has at least 20 other people asking along with you in a given day. Emails, texts, calls, FB messages, website messages.
We all have families and full time jobs as we are unpaid volunteers.
We may sometimes choose what we do, but rescuers are who we are!!!
PLEASE BE KIND TO YOUR RESCUER!!
You never know what they’re personally going through, how hard their rescue has been hit, how much they want to quit. You just never know…..
Borrowed from Feral Cat Caregivers