Posted on 04/28/2021 7:39:00 AM PDT by Mount Athos
So many videos of animals discovered hungry and alone. The cameras are high quality, perfect camera angles zoomed on animal and also the human who discovers them for the first time.
Yeah, what luck just happened to have this great camera running with my buddy the expert camera man in perfect position. These videos get huge numbers of views, nice mood music and editing, perhaps some organizations fund raise off them as well. I could be wrong, but most of them scream "staged" to me. I could see it happening on occasion but there are just so many of these that are way too perfect.
Maybe for some there is a legit story, and they do a kind of re-enactment without saying so.
No, the videographer is legitimately following a story of a run over animal, he’s just not saying he did the maiming on purpose.
The ones I feel 100% safe in opening are the ones by Hope for Paws. Others may be legit, but unless and until I know for sure, I don’t click on them.
https://www.youtube.com/c/hopeforpaws/videos
Youtube has my number as an easy mark for those when going to a link from FR. But I am going cold turkey after seeing one that was apparently staged and quite disturbing. How many? We’ll never know, I suppose.
You are correct.
Always assume a video is faked or at least staged, and that goes for major television talk shows, too.
It’s all phony.
It’s no coincidence that most of them are created in Eastern Europe and include tear-jerking pleas for precious, much-needed funds so they can continue their compassionate work saving precious feral animals’ precious lives. Just look at the fear and longing in that mangy kitten’s eyes. Please help us to continue on our selfless mission, wealthy Westerner! Click the donate button below.
I’m a fan of “Animal in Crisis,” a Youtube series out of South Korea that mostly deals with cat rescues. I’m certain that all of those videos are for real.
You also need to check out where exactly the donated money is spent. BLM isn’t the only “501c3” where the “officers” of the organization live in mansions. Sometimes the money “for the animals” gets siphoned off into may strange places -— you might be shocked. Best bet is to only donate to local groups where you can actually walk in and see what’s going on. Speaking from 40+ years of animal welfare experience.
The tv ads showing dogs needing rescue. I know they are fake and the dogs were probably put to death shortly after filming.
Then there is the poor people in russia / eastern europe commercials. I wonder if they were put to death after filming?....
Stupid people send money and not a dog or poor person is ever helped.
But at least you get a cute little blanket or a T shirt
I watch Hope for Paws too, trust them more than others.
There’s something very satisfying about seeing a filthy pooch get nabbed, collared and bathed.
“Always assume a video is faked or at least staged,”
A co-worker of mine in Alaska also was a pilot and guide, and was hired to work with Marlin Perkins and his crew for a Wild Kingdom episode. The stories he told were hilarious. For instance, to simulate a rough flight in the small plane, his crew would grab the wings and push/pull them while the plane was on the ground. Maybe they jumped on the wings. It was a very long time ago, and I forget all the stories. Funny though. Fake.
Vet Ranch is great also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnmHbOQ7pg
Admit it. If that had been a jackass stuck in the tree, you wouldn’t have rescued it.
When I saw a dumpster full of dead dogs and cats behind the spca It changed my opinion of them forever.
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