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07/04/2025
Thought of the Week
You know, I genuinely don’t know what’s more exhausting these days—politics or the rescue world. Both are full of people who seem more interested in pointing fingers and pretending to know everything than actually getting their hands dirty and making a difference.
There’s this strange new trend where people are suddenly experts on what a “real” or “good” rescue should look like. They sit behind their screens, writing posts the length of novels, listing all the things other people are doing wrong. Meanwhile, animals are out there suffering, and communities are crying out for help—but sure, let's focus on curating the perfect moral checklist for rescue organizations instead.
Here’s the thing: I don’t care how many followers you have or how well you write your outrage. If your solution to problems in the rescue world is to gossip, make vague posts, or judge the people doing the work, then you’re part of the problem. Full stop.
Take that energy—the energy you used to draft your dramatic manifesto—and go do a food drop. Help a township dog. Sponsor a sterilisation. Spend a day in a kennel with a long-stay dog who hasn’t known a home in years. Talk to someone in your community who's struggling to feed their pets. Because that is what rescue is. Not your opinion piece dressed up as activism.
And trust me, you’ll sleep better at night knowing you helped a soul rather than dragged one through the mud.
Real rescue isn’t pretty, polished, or perfect. It’s messy, heartbreaking, and damn hard. But it’s also real. And it changes lives—when people actually do the work instead of just talking about it.
So here’s a wild idea: less judging, more helping. Let’s get back to that.
If the shoe fits, lace it up and walk it off.
Erzsi
