The photo above (cover photo) was doing the rounds on Facebook. If not clear, the photo is of a set of three vouchers used by a pet shelter to raise money for the animals they look after. The voucher reads “Thank you for saving a life!” and then “FREE 10-piece chicken McNugget with any purchase”.
Is anyone else feeling slightly uneasy?
I contacted the shelter and asked whether the photo was in fact from their establishment (incase it was a hoax)…
They didn’t respond after the above message.
The whole idea of helping one animal by sacrificing another makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable. I LOVE that this shelter care so much for helping pets, but we should never help one animal if it means purposely (and unnecessarily) hurting another.
We wouldn’t raise money for a farm animal sanctuary by offering dog burgers.
If you’re still not getting the strange ideology behind such a voucher, then try to apply the same concept to humans. For example, imagine there is an association which aims to find adoptive families for children in Indian orphanages. To raise awareness, the association needs money. They then make money by selling cheap products made by children working in factories in China.
This. Is. Weird.
Near my tiny town in Spain there are many events held to raise money for the cats and dogs using the same methods. Recently there was an event held by a local pet shelter with a menu featuring Thai red curry and chilli con carne to entice people (they also offered a vegetable tagine). So I commented on their advertisement…
They, also, didn’t respond.
Normally I wouldn’t get involved in calling people out because it can become quite negative, however people that spend their valuable time to work and volunteer at pet shelters will go to extraordinary lengths to help pets… But most of them still contribute to the suffering of farm animals. It boggles my mind!
So this blog post is for all you amazing, lovely, compassionate people who dedicate your lives to helping cats and dogs at shelters. You do an amazing job and you spread a fantastic message but please, please, PLEASE share your compassion with all of the animals. There are no differences between pets and farm animals that justify eating one species and protecting another. They behave the same, they feel the same and neither of them want to die. If you would like any support in cutting out animal products from your diet then I am 100% here for you.
Please be consistent. Go vegan 💚
The Crumby Vegan 
That’s quite a weird double standard! Even as a non-vegan I can see the hypocrisy in these promotions!
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Very happy I’m not the only one, haha! 💚
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I love how you are so passionate about voicing about what’s right for animals. Good for you! You are inspiration!
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Ah that’s so lovely to say, Christine 🙂 Thank you ever so much 💚
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If only it was for a free salad. And that last vegan outreach picture is mind-blowing. I had to do a double-take.
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I find that picture incredibly powerful too!! 💚
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This has me uneasy as well. Animals are precious and their lives should be preserved as much as possible. No one animal deserves to live while the other dies. Thanks for sharing this experience with us.
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I’m so happy to hear that you feel this way! Thank you for your comment 💚
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That’s a little bit funny to thank for saving a life and give such a thing as a reward. I think that they didn’t really think it over well. 🙂
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My thoughts precisely… Very strange piece of advertising 💚
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Knowing that they are making a difference is all the reward these kind people would want.
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Yes you’re right, people should not be offered reward for doing a nice thing… Especially a nice thing that results in the death of other animals 💚
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that sounds so sketchy! so sad there are so many scams fronted by good causes
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I’m not sure it is a scam – I just think they haven’t realised how weird it is because they’ve grown up eating meat 💚
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Wow… just wow. I’m not sure I have words for how I feel about this. It is just so wrong.
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Very happy to hear you think so 🙂 💚
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It’s always interesting to see how people react to marketing tactics
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I don’t think this was a marketing tactic 💚
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The way animals are treated and killed are so cruel. Thanks for being a strong voice for them.
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Thank you for your lovely comment! 💚
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I am not vegan, but occasionally vegan, hehe, and I find it is so funny with the ads, lol
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Good to hear that you eat vegan sometimes 💚
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This does very much seem like a bad promotional offer. It’s soo bad some of these companies don’t think it through.
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Yea I agree! I can understand that they need to make money for the pets but there are certain ways to go about it 💚
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What a contrast in the campaign! I guess they realised their folly and withdrew the campaign.
Wonder what their marketing thinks when they bring out such campaigns.
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Wow, that campaign is crazy! I saw it and instantly felt terrible. It’s crazy how deep the hypocrisy goes and how much people just don’t see what you and I see. I’m glad you reached out. Some people just don’t see it and need a spotlight at that sort of thing. It’s not like you were nasty. I hope people start to understand these campaigns send the totally wrong message and don’t do them again.
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People genuinely don’t get it. Recently I commented on a local shelter’s post again and I’ve been told that I am extreme – you’d think I’m telling them to kill other animals to save others (that sounds extreme to me!) 💚
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