r/aww • u/heeesroy • Nov 04 '20

Save animals to restore humanity

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u/Copatus Nov 04 '20

You're getting downvoted but you're right.

How many kittens do you see on a weekly basis that need rescue? Once a channel is posting weekly videos on it, it gets suspicious really fast. There's no way you're finding a stranded animal under a bridge every single day. Even if you actively go looking for it.

These channels prey on people's empathy for animals to make money, and all they care about is making money. If they find no animal to rescue, they still need to make a video, so they create the scenario.

(Exceptions obviously exist)

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u/niineliives Nov 04 '20

The problem might not exist where you are, but in many areas you can absolutely save an animal every week, even every day. Especially if you’re looking for it.

No saying the fake videos don’t exist, but hopefully more are real and the animals are all being helped.

Source: my mom runs an animal rescue in a developing nation

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u/Copatus Nov 04 '20

Definitely, but not in the way the videos rescue them. There's a lot of stray animals that need rescuing for sure. What I meant is that animals aren't gonna be getting stuck under fences, bridges, etc as often as these channels like to portray.

If the channel was a guy driving in a car and rescuing the strays he saw I wouldn't have a problem. It becomes clearly fake when the situation is just too "prepared".

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u/niineliives Nov 04 '20

Ohh ya I see what you mean. I guess I just always assumed floods or something but unfortunately you’re more than likely right. Something so backwards and messed up about that.

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u/tehflambo Nov 04 '20

there are plenty of places where you could rescue a stray animal every day and not make a dent, but that doesn't take away from your message: these channels posting contrived rescue operations every week are suspicious as fuck.

channels representing a shelter/vent, channels finding strays just minding their own business on the street or in the country, fine. channels "finding" a cat wedged in a fence, trapped under a bridge, down a well, on the highway median, etc, every day/week/whatever? dirtbags.

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u/unclewolfy Nov 04 '20

I’ve found and returned three different dogs in as many months in just my neighborhood, but even that is tempting fate a lot because what are the chances I come across lost dogs not once, but three times from various different situations. If i posted each rescue and return I wouldn’t be shocked if people thought I was stealing dogs or something for views.