

Does the animal look familiar to you? Animals can be abused time and time again for different videos.Do you notice that a person is being filmed who meets an animal in distress immediately after the first few moments? If there are no more than just two people on the scene (the rescuer and the filmmaker), why isn't the filmmaker helping? How compassionate is the rescuers? Do they respond to the creature or are they just doing their 'job'?

Does the scene look staged? Consider the overall situation.For the animals involved, the situation is associated with severe psychological suffering and physical pain and in some cases even death. What makes the situation even worse, is that in some instances some animals are injured to create more impact, emotion and urgency to help generate more donations. These deceitful videos only have one aim to falsely generate donations. What they do not know is that the scene was created artificially: the kitten was put into the deep mud by the “rescuer”, the puppy was deliberately exposed to a snake, and the rabbit to the dog, all done in order so that they can be 'rescued'. The video gets a lot of clicks because people enjoy seeing rescues. Their supposed heroic intervention is recorded on video and later shared online, usually accompanied by dramatic music. A 'hero rescuer' saves the poor creature. For example, a kitten sinks into the deep mud, a puppy is attacked by a snake, a rabbit is rescued from a dog attack. A rabbit, kitten or puppy is shown in a dire situation.
