There are many things that make an individual animal shelter/rescue worker angry; and each day will bring about different frustrations. Some days it's about the shelter/rescue itself. It could be the bureaucracy or the red tape. Some times its the people who give up their animal. Sometimes it's the annoying questions asked by adopters. Sometimes it's the animal itself: you put an enormous amount of energy into an animal that just can't be saved - ok, this is all displaced anger, and we know it, but it can be difficult to help. Some days, its as simple as the hose that doesn't work right.
But there is one thing that will ALWAYS make a shelter/rescue worker angry. This is something that will upset us no matter what day, or time of day, you tell us. It will anger us years after we burn out and get out of the rescue field.
The one thing that will always anger a rescue/shelter worker:
BUYING A CAT
People, there are THOUSANDS of cats that die every day in animal shelters. And in a few weeks, there will be THOUSANDS of KITTENS that die every day.
If you want a kitten, please save a few hundred dollars and adopt an already spayed/neuter, FeLv/FIV tested, microchipped, de-wormed, vaccinated kitten. Why not save a life?
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