I have un-followed many of my well-meaning animal peeps due to this very thing.

I have un-followed many of my well-meaning animal peeps due to this very thing.  This rescue said it perfectly so I'm copying that message here to make sure it is seen.  There are a few people who I wouldn't mind knowing have read this.

Without further adieu, the VERY on-point words of Big Fluffy Dog Rescue:

"Fans, let us talk about how rescue works for a minute. We post dogs for foster or adoption all the time on this page and you all are gracious enough to read and respond and we appreciate all you do*. However, there is a segment of the audience that consistently doesn't get it, and I feel compelled to point out a few things to those people.

Sharing and crossposting animals on Facebook (or email for that matter) indiscriminately annoys the bejeezus out of people and it doesn't really help the animal. If you bombard people with pleas for animals in places that someone can't possibly help, you are essentially creating existentially-painful spam. I can't help the dog in Calfornia by 2 pm because I'm not there and I don't know anyone there so all you've done is ensure I know there's another one I can't help. "But if you just share it, maybe someone will see it" I can hear these people say. No dice. I have lots of friends in lots of places, but if I posted every dog that needed help on my page, I would quickly have zero friends because the "this dog dies tomorrow" approach turns people off, particularly when they can't help. Making people feel powerless to stop suffering is not helpful. Also, cluttering their inbox/feed puts you on par with the people who want me to meet sexy Russian girls or think I need Viagra. I am still waiting on my Nigerian prince to send that check for my share.

Second, reading comprehension is not just for the SATs. Actually read before you share. A kind and astute reader on our site called out someone for not reading one of our posts and I posted that here for your perusal. Just because there's a dog pictured doesn't mean it's in danger and similarly, just because the dog is in a shelter, doesn't mean the people that work there are evil, indiscriminate dog killers and the dog is definitely going to die. Hyperbole is what kills.

Finally, I'm all for sharing things and I hope you all do share as you see fit, but "sharing" an animal in need in which you demand that someone go save an animal right now while you sit in your chair in front of the laptop is not supremely helpful. If you want to save an animal, call a local rescue in your area or the local shelter and offer to foster. That's saving a life.

Thanks kids and carry on. That is all.

*Some of you I probably love.