I personally don't trust groups that don't get back to you with a
real message. I'll tell you a story that will upset some, but it's
true because it happened to me. Everybody loves Best Friends, but I
have reservatins about them. I wrote to them three about an urgent
situation passed on to me from another group. I aksed if they knew of
any group that dealt with the particular situation that was going on.
I had always heard how great Best Friends was about helping at the very
least with references to other groups that may be in a better position to
help if they themselves couldn't. I waited and waited for a reply ...
nothing. I even asked them to please let me know if they didn't have
nay help so I would atleast know they had received my messages ... nothing.
So I decided to do a test for my own curiosity, I wrote
to them a 4th time, this time saying that I had recently inherited a
substantial amount of money and wanted to make a donation, and asked them
how I would go about it, well lo and behold got a reply THAT VERY
DAY!!! Incidentally I did write and tell them exactly what I had done
(the three emails and then the fourth concerning money), surprisingly
I never heard another thing from them, no explanation, no "we're sorry
we must not have gotten the previous emails", nothing. I do not trust
this group because that little test tells me money talks and is in my
opinion is their first priority.
I find it very hard to believe that out of 4 emails
within a two week time period the ONLY one I got a response to was the one
saying I wanted to give them money, I truly pray it is a coincidence but I
really can't see how it was. I'm not saying they don't do alot of
good, but they will never get a dime from me.
I also had a similar experience with Pasados' Safe Haven
a local rescue, I wouldn't never donate to them either. I'm starting
to think the bigger and more well known a rescue gets, the more money is the
most important driving factor and the animals start to become a lesser
priority.
--
Belinda
Happiness is being owned by
cats ...
