LEND YOUR VOICE: COURTESY POSTING DESPERATE NEED OF AN INDIVIDUAL RESCUER
This desperate plea for help is a tiny slice of the life of an Individual Rescuer. After putting the animal’s needs first and spending their money on vet care, food and supplies the Rescuer is left with no money for socializing; clothes or luxuries. They continue to do the work because it is a small price to pay for the lives saved – that is the payoff.
The sense of deprivation comes in when you run out of money to pay for vet care; vet emergencies; food and essential supplies. Toys are not even on the list as one on one play time and snuggles are included at no extra charge.
The sense of deprivation comes into play when you have animals that need placement; have been fully vetted and are healthy and social but there is no place to show them for adoption or shared links to get the information out. When there is no Tribe or Village to lend financial or emotional support the sacrifice takes its toll on the rescuer.
Those who have the resources are sometimes generous and do a courtesy post; those who can offer financial assistance can only do so much.
The desperation becomes unbearable when there are no resources and your credit card is maxed out and savings are dwindling and this stress will eventually and surely impact the Individual Rescuer’s immune system eventually.
One of the common signs of caretaker stress is Self Neglect. Not going for your yearly check up and not paying attention to your own nutritional needs happens when there is more to do and less time to do it in. A little cross posting can help. A little time to post on another site will help.
The Individual Rescuer can’t do much in the way of fundraising without a 501c3 non profit status; the Individual Rescuer can’t get food donations; discounts on vet and emergency room care without that 501c3. The Individual Rescuer is either out “In The Field” or maintaining the indoor colony in current care. It is a very full 24 hour day.
This particular Individual Rescuer is backed up into a wall. What a waste to have done all that a rescue involves; to have given the animals sanctuary and security and to have helped them develop trust only to have to let go and watch them fall into an insecure and less nurturing environment. To turn them over to a shelter is like helplessly watching them die. They have to repeat the trauma of betrayal and the uncertainty of adoption or a coldly executed euthanasia.
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