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Linda ladeewolf

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8. Most of them are fake.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:06 AM

Apr 2025

Those turtles rescues are mostly fake. The ones with glued on barnacles. The ones with the puppies or kittens in odd places is mostly fake, No one rescues that many kittens or puppies without putting them in the situation in the first place. Then there are the starving nearly dead animals, the animals condition is real, but they were likely starved nearly to death just so they could be brought back. The real ones would be posted by legitimate rescue operations with real connections.

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SPOT THE SCAM: Unmasking Fake Rescues [View all] sl8 Apr 2025 OP

Omg! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #1

Humans can be terrible. madaboutharry Apr 2025 #2

I've long suspected as much 10 Turtle Day Apr 2025 #3

i do wish we had a rule against 'fake'. mopinko Apr 2025 #4

re: note with alert - allow only short note RandomNumbers Apr 2025 #9

that wd b fine. i dont rly know y it was discontinued. mopinko Apr 2025 #10

Yes- I found this out watching them on Youtube Meowmee Apr 2025 #5

Thank you for that. nt sl8 Apr 2025 #7

Thanks for the heads up on this practice. Probably trying to juice up their donations I guess, but I think it is SWBTATTReg Apr 2025 #6

Most of them are fake. Linda ladeewolf Apr 2025 #8