Quote Originally Posted by mon View Post
I am just so sick of the commercials that are on the air regaurding abused and neglected animals. I have to leave the room or quickly change the channel beacause they show such graphic, horrific images. I find it SO sad and depressing it almost makes me physically ill. I am all for information on how to help financially and any kind of help I or my family can give, but I wonder...has anyone on Pet talk been moved to donate any $ to these organisations because of these commercialsWould it not be far more effective to simply show a before and after picture of how our financial support can help these poor animals and exactly where the $ goes instead of exploiting their suffering and spreading dread... it`s just so freaking sad and dreadful to me and I think it might be ineffective as well. Just sayin`I tink they could raise more money for the cats and dogs if people could actually watch the commercials, I certainly can`t
I immediately hit mute, hit the skip button or change the channel - particularly because those commercials cost big money to produce, and that is money that could have been spent haloing animals in the first place! Many of the organizations behind them also have dubious track records when it comes to how much of any dollar you give actually goes to help animals.

However, happy animal commercials, like this one, I will pause and rewind to watch!