Thank goodness it's not just me!! I totally know what you mean about the guilt inducing mailings. The trouble with that is, I'm already an animal lover, so seeing these horrible pictures and reading the sad stories usually puts me in a sad mood for the rest of the day. I can only financially donate about once a year(I'm pretty poor), and it seems like I get mailings every week! I look at them and think, didn't I just donate??

It would be better if they kept track of when you donated....then left you alone until that same time the following year, then simply asked for money to help the animals. Just the mere fact of sending all of this stuff out to animal lovers everywhere so often has got to cost a fortune!!
I've donated to the ASPCA in New York and the Defenders of Wildlife and will have to wait until next year to donate again, so all of the mailings are wasted resources.