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Dirty Little Secrets of Animal Rescue
@dlsoar.bsky.social
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“There’s something keeping that very, very few people [of color] from matriculating to the top.” (1:16:27)

#AnimalRescue #AnimalCare #AnimalWelfare

vimeo.com/870014767
January 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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#AnimalWelfare has a white women problem, and it isn’t talked about enough.

Source: careawo.org/rd/
Infographic showing data on implicit vs. explicit biases and demographics in animal welfare, which illustrate a majority of white women in the field and heavy implicit biases that are pro-white and pro-rich.
January 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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expecting staff in the #nonprofit sector of #AnimalWelfare to work physically & emotionally taxing jobs 40hrs+/week for less than living wage because “the mission is its own reward” has the same energy as asking an artist to work for ✨ exposure ✨

#LivingWageNow #AnimalRescue
Image from the old Oregon Trail computer game showing a winding path stretching into the distance and a covered wagon to the side with the caption, “you have died of exposure”
December 26, 2023 at 7:15 PM
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#AnimalRescue #AnimalWelfare #nonprofit #LivingWageNow

leadership: we know this work is so emotionally difficult, so be sure to take care of your mental health 😌

animal care staff working 40hrs+ weeks experiencing housing & food insecurity:
Some e-cards meme of someone at an office desk with raised eyebrows. Caption reads: Oh that? Yeah, I’ll get right on that! How about the second Tuesday of next week?
December 24, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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💁🏻 #AnimalRescue #AnimalWelfare
Hard to swallow pills meme Top frame: pill bottle with “hard to swallow pills” on the label Bottom frame: pills in an open palm with large text that reads, “Progress & growth in animal welfare will always be stunted by a capitalist system” and smaller text reading, “but acknowledging this would require acknowledging that nonprofits in the industry take advantage of the capitalist system to chronically underpay and overwork the most compassionate”
December 23, 2023 at 3:44 PM
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working in #AnimalWelfare can be truly rewarding in so many ways

but we’re here to talk about the less shiny reality of working in this field (particularly the nonprofit sector) and the wake-up call leadership across the industry sorely needs

stay tuned 😘

#animalrescue
Photo of needlework depicting several different types of knives and the words “no spoons left, only knives”
December 21, 2023 at 5:17 PM