To not think animal charities are not that important

[LardLizard]

Just making me think someone I know very well is often posting about making huge donations to a local animal shelter
Basically a dog rehoming centre
But i don’t think they actually regime many most of them just end up living in this dog shelter
Personally I’m not sure if it’s more humane to end their suffering for some dogs that won’t get a proper home
I mean wonder how many dogs there are out there that are homeless ? Day just in the uk alone

I don’t jus when ever I see these posts I just think oh that could have gone to a more worthwhile cause that actually helps children babies adults humans

And don’t get me wrong I do adore animals
I just prefer putting humans first

Good for you

YABVU

So put humans first then when you donate to charity

That's the beauty of free choice.

yanbu but people are free to donate where they like. I think shelters are cruel too.

I do, I’ve already raised over 1k this year alone for sands
And more than that last year

Well I sort of agree. I do think a lot of dogs would be better off put down. However, as someone else said, there are people happy to pay for them. I myself donate quite a bit. What really mystifies me is shelters bringing in dogs from Romania. Don’t we have enough dogs of our own to sort out?

And don’t get me wrong I do adore animals I just prefer putting humans first

Then focus on that in your charitable activities. Don't be so narrow minded that you can't appreciate others have different priorities and prefer to give to causes you deem less worthy.

It's almost like people can care about different things at the same time??

Caring about animals is not the same as not caring about people.

So what's the problem then OP?

You've got your charity and she's got hers.

Or are you both the sort of competitive people who simply have to announce that you give/raise money and let everyone know how much?

That in itself is pretty crass imo.

Sadly most animals are homeless due to human behaviour, intentional or unintentional

Over breeding, abuse, out grown cuteness, older dogs needing expensive care, people becoming homeless due to lack of jobs or security, family breakups

These animals don't ask for these things to happen and we owe to to them to reduce the problem we as humans cause

Pity there is a need for so many charities, government should be held responsible

For example why is the local hospice a charity funding scheme when the prisons are paid for vai the tax system?

i care about animals more than humans. just my opinion.

if i was really rich i would donate to All charities that meant something but i'm not so if i'm choosing a charity then i would choose an animal charity. I may be weird but i have always had a close attachment too animals especially Dogs, Horses and Dolphins

So animal charities are not that important to you. But they are to some others.

The thing that confuses me about some animal charities - most feed their rescue animals on the cheapest meat (obviously, and with reason). Yet the cruelty involved in that meat's production is surely far worse than humane euthanasia? So you might end up with say a cat, being fed meat from more intelligent animals who suffer acute pain to produce that feed. And as cats are obligate carnivores the shelters have no alternative, other than very expensive humanely produced meat which isn't likely to be possible, within budget.

A more worthwhile cause TO YOU. I will donate whatever I want to animal charities thanks very much.

Well... I agree, absolutely. I won't donate to animal, religious or military charities. But that's my choice - I know lots and lots of other people donate to animal charities so I think they will be ok without my donations and I wouldn't dream of commenting on someone else choosing to donate to an animal charity.

I do sometimes wish, when people are in a frothing rage over something animal related, that some of that energy could be directed towards human injustice. But I understand why people get upset at cruelty to animals - I'm not a psychopath! I just wish people would get AS involved and outraged about cruelty to children etc.

Green Tulips agree on all counts.

So what OP? I'm sure there's people out there who would say donating to anti climate change groups/ human rights organisations/ war relief efforts is much more important and worthy than your chosen charity. She has her charity, you have yours - it's a bit up yourself to assume yours is inherently better.

God forbid, she might actually be able to care about more than one topic at a time

Donate to whatever you want to. There are loads of charities I think are pointless or whose aims I don't agree with. I donate to animal charities.

What really mystifies me is shelters bringing in dogs from Romania. Don’t we have enough dogs of our own to sort out?

That used to mystify me too but having rescued a dog 4 weeks ago (not from Romania) I can now understand why.

I registered with 6 different rescue centres and the majority of dogs were either aged 5-10 years old (too old for many), or they had behavioural problems, or they were Staffies or greyhounds (not always the dog of choice).

So given how many people in the UK who are still encouraging puppy farming by blindly buying cheap puppies, it kind of makes sense to re-home the street puppies in Romania, that all come chipped/vaccinated/neutered etc as an alternative.

The situation is so bad over there, that many evil bastards see driving cars into groups of street dogs as a laugh

The animals brought here from Romania or Spain or wherever - that’s completely baffling.

But how do you know they don’t everbody ? What a sweeping statement to make about all people who donate to animal charities, you know what? Caring about animals does not stop me caring about humans, I actually care about both, what a revelation eh?

I work as a vet nurse and I tend to agree with the OP. The reason being us that there are some very poorly run rescues. Run by well meaning folk without the means to actually give the animals they "rescue" what they need. They raise money often by guilt tripping and spend it poorly. Many such rescues bring in digs from abroad. These dogs often have serious issues and as such require experienced owners. However in their desperation many of these rescues are homing dogs with young families and I think WTAF!!!

Saying that there are excellent animal charities out there who do a fantastic job. Sadly it is not enough just to want to help.

I do think though it is possible for lots of charities to coincide and raise adequate funds. I try to give locally if I can as I like to feel what little I can afford to donate actually is doing what I am donating for rather than getting lost in admin or advertising campaigns.

So OP I think YABU despite sharing your concerns. I think we need to be quite particular who we donate to with regards to money being spent wisely and appropriate to whatever drives us to support others.

It does hearted me that charity exists

I personsllly don’t post about mine, as is agree it's s bit crass
Buts different in here esp in the context of this thread

I agree with pp about owing it to animals to care for them.

However, another pp made a very good point about cheap meat manufacture to feed them, thus causing more suffering. Hmm. All I know is I personally wouldn't like to see a healthy animal put down.

If they were suffering of course I would not want to prolong that. But we can't simply dispose of a life because we can't find 'space' for it somewhere