WAAAAAAA: Sucker for sad eyes

[Trudes]

Has anyone else noticed the WSPA ads that have been playing just about every ad break on especially TV2 the last few days??

I have, I watched it the first time and felt sad. Saw it a second time and felt sadder. Saw it a third time and just about cried. Saw it the fourth time and logged onto their website and signed us up to donate every month.

Advertising; repetition; poor hurt, sick and abused animals and sad sad eyes work.

Here's the website if anyone else would like to see the work these people do to help animals and maybe donate some money to help.

[jrandom]

[Insert guilt-tripping about all the humans who need help here]

[Laava]

I break down everytime I see, and have to hear, that poor crash test dummy being dragged along on its fingernails toward certain doom!

[Trudes]

Go for it, I've donated money to Save the Children and shit too. [insert my ideas that people can generally help themselves and there are tons of organisations that help people] But personally, the sight of animals suffering due to the things humans do to them for no good reason tugs at my heart-strings more than human misery does..... call me heart-less if you like.

[jrandom]

Go for it, I've donated money to Save the Children and shit too.

Er, I imagine they were grateful for the money...

[Trudes]

So they should be!!
Do you need some help jrandom? I don't see many people around here that need help. If you've got the internet you're doing ok in my book.

[Mom]

Here's the url "http://www.wspa.org.au/about.asp"]website[/URL] if anyone else would like to see the work these people do to help animals and maybe donate some money to help.

Good for you girl! As the years have passed I have become sadly immune to appeals for money. Heaven help me if I gave to every cause that tugged at my heart/conscience. I would be bankrupt 10 times over and then some.

WSPA do a good job, as do so many organisations. Dont listen to the knockers mate, take the good feeling you have right now and file it away for later.

I hope the money you donate to them goes to saving the Bears etc and not to funding their next series of TV advertisements.

[Trudes]

Thanks Mom, I hope you're right. I try to donate to charities that I feel do a good job and hold some soft spot in my heart.. SPCA, Hospice etc.
I looked into what you have to do to volunteer too, but it seems all the work is done overseas and the SPCA is the closest you get in NZ to be able to hands on help... so should really get my arse into gear and go and volunteer at least once a month or something at the local SPCA.

[jrandom]

Do you need some help jrandom?

I'm fine!

Actually, I found myself reaching for the phone during that WSPA ad too.

[georgie]

I'm fine!

Actually, I found myself reaching for the phone during that WSPA ad too.

awww, bless, he does have a heart after all

[avgas]

With the price of petrol WSPA have been finding it hard to mantain their fleet of Land Rovers they replace every 6 months. This with the accumulating costs of management, accounts, marketing and middle management. WSPA have found it hard to get ANY money to the animals.
Don't believe me - Google it.

[jrandom]

With the price of petrol WSPA have been finding it hard to mantain their fleet of Land Rovers they replace every 6 months. This with the accumulating costs of management, accounts, marketing and middle management. WSPA have found it hard to get ANY money to the animals.
Don't believe me - Google it.

Google what, exactly? I trawled around for a minute or two and couldn't find any information suggesting that WSPA use their funds inefficiently.

Why don't you just link us?

[Trudes]

I'm fine!

Actually, I found myself reaching for the phone during that WSPA ad too.

Go on, I know you want to

Oh, and just incase anyone thinks I'm being a marta.... the point of this thread was not for me to go "Look, aren't I a nice person, I donated money to a charity", it was to raise awareness and hopefully spur a few more people into donating some cash or time to a charity or organisation they feel strongly about. Cheers.

[slowpoke]

Good onya luv! Rest assured WSPA do a huge amount of good work. As you said: people can speak for/help themselves, whereas animals are at the mercy of the fucked up human race.

[buellbabe]

Yep Mrs Kendog I have seen them, well actually I haven't cos I avert my eyes when they come on. It kills me to see animals suffering. Sure I also feel for human victims but for me cruelty towards animals is even worse cos we humans are considered to be 'enlightened'. Supposedly the fact that we have a conscience and a soul is what separates us from 'lower forms of life'. I say supposedly because it seems to me that its humans who are the real low-lifes.
And if putting the needs of animals before humans makes me a heartless bitch then so be it. We humans are responsible for their plight so we should get off our asses and do something to help.
And BTW, I do donate to both the SPCA and the WSPA.