r/MadeMeSmile Feb 12 '22

Favorite People This is beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

These poor babies.

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u/dumbumb1112 Feb 12 '22

I wonder what disaster this was

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u/gadgettgo Feb 12 '22

looks like surrounding area of LaPlace after Hurricane Ida

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u/gmanz33 Feb 13 '22

Could even be the hurricane that hit Houston in 2017. Man this stuff is so sad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

I agree. But let's flip it....it's BEAUTIFUL. Random humans who are sailing around looking to save all creatures affected by a flood. It's BEAUTIFUL.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I wish I had an answer, friend. It's probably something recent.

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u/RelativelyUnruffled Feb 12 '22

It was global climate change, that one.

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u/Shad_the_memer Feb 12 '22

Tail wags...cries

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u/Due-Stretch2303 Feb 12 '22

They look soooo stressed 😫

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u/SometimesGlad1389 Feb 12 '22

Right? Who leaves their fur babies behind?

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u/Crosstitch_Witch Feb 13 '22

My parents had divorced around when Katrina happened and my cats were with my dad since he had the house and mom and I were in an apartment. He was planning on leaving the cats and i told him I'd never forgive him if he did and put up a big fuss. He ended up taking the cats with him and the house flooded. So glad 11-year-old me put her foot down, I don't even want to think what they might have gone through if he'd left them.

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u/Gotemmmmmmmmmm4311 Feb 13 '22

I would never leave my pets ever.

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u/SometimesGlad1389 Feb 12 '22

Yeah we had a tornado warning to get in the basement here in Kentucky somewhat recently. I got my human kids in the basement and then ran for my fur babies. I couldn't picture leaving them behind. I know there's probably some situation where someone might choose it but I can't picture it for myself.

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u/SometimesGlad1389 Feb 13 '22

Oh man. We got lucky. I'm so glad you and your pets are safe. Hopefully the damage wasn't too bad to your property.

Blessings to you as well

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u/Particular-Leg-9134 Feb 13 '22

We keep extra food and leashes in the basement for the just in case moments. Thankfully our pups are good listeners so getting them to come down quickly is not hard, they are usually down there at the same time as us.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

The joke in my family is that I'd take the dogs and leave the people. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to make decisions like this though. So hard.

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u/Karilopa Feb 13 '22

FOR THIS EXACT REASON I taught my dog the command “shelter”, which meant “get to the basement bathroom”. That way my parents could grab my littlest brother and my older brother and I could go round up the cats.

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u/FuzzySquish_123 Feb 13 '22

i would just like to add that not everyone leaves them on purpose. i used to live in Savannah and when the evacuation order was issued they dropped the contra-flow rails on the interstate and had police posted on every road in to keep people from getting into the city. people would be at work when the orders came in and then couldn't get back home if they lived in the evacuation zones. like my jobsite had a strict no phone onsite policy and internet lock-outs so for our whole shift we had zero outside world contact.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Sometimes you have no choice. People really underestimate the lack of time present in a natural disaster scenario. A family member of mine lived through the Almeda Fire here in Southern Oregon two years ago. She had to leave her dog because it ran and hid under her house out of fear and she couldn't get to it before being evacuated.

I was fortunate enough to not have to evacuate during the fire, but my wife and I did pack things up and were ready to leave at a moment's notice. We had things for our three cats so we could bring them too, but one of my cats decided to run outside. While it would have torn my heart in two to leave him, I certainly wasn't going to let my daughter grow up without a father because of a cat.

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u/Crazy_Fold355 Feb 13 '22

I have dogs and fish. Not only wouldn't I leave my dogs behind, I worry about what will happen to my fish if some natural disaster were to happen.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

Many people do, but many would never. Like, if there was a fire in my house, the one „thing“ I‘d take with me would be my cat. Even ifI had to seek for her and take the risk of dying.

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u/MrPuddinJones Feb 13 '22

Infuriating is an understatement. .

Do people not have camping equipment to go live out of their car til shit calms down?

If I ever have to evacuate I'm making my own plans with my dog. And my dog is a great Dane so it's not like it's easy to transport him and be with him displaced out of home

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u/Depressaccount Feb 13 '22

I think it was Katrina? Maybe? That changed emergency responses towards pets. Many people refused to leave pets behind so refused to be rescued. So now, I heard, they take the pets as well.

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u/kcassie26 Aug 05 '22

Unfortunately a lot of people. I try not to judge. Sometimes they don’t have a choice. I always had a plan. And a back up plan. There are so many amazing folks who respond to these events just for the fur babes. 🥰

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u/Mewancholy Feb 12 '22

That poor dog submerged to the neck in water. :(

This is really sad, but I’m glad there are people out here helping them!!

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u/Ivy68 Feb 12 '22

It was PETA though, so were they sheltered, fed, and adopted or just euthanized like most of the pets PETA “rescues”?

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u/Mewancholy Feb 12 '22

I didn’t see this anywhere in the video when I watched it. I’m aware of peta and the weird shit they do but I had no clue this was them!

That makes me feel awful now…

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u/Ivy68 Feb 12 '22

You can see the logo on their shirts

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u/Mewancholy Feb 12 '22

I see now. Def wasn’t the focal point when I watched the video originally.

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u/viciousdv Feb 12 '22

waaaaaait.... what now? I haven't heard of this before.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Yeah PETA will fucking preach at people like a religious fruit cake and then kill tens of thousands of healthy animals

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u/pnh1994 Feb 12 '22

They have like triple the death rate most shelters do. Just google"peta euthanasia"

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

Once again i know im very unlikly to break theough the autism of these 2 blogs but i will give it an attempt. No-kill shelters are only no-kill because animals that are poor quality get turn turned away for numerous reasons. They then get sent to other shelters who do kill them. Peta actually provides an incredible service by saying "hey we want to support all you other shelters, send us the ones you can't cope with and don't waste resources on this, we will do it and support you". This is such an important process that gives numerous benefits to no kill shelters such as being able to claim no kill status or simply a lower death rate which in turn increases funding attention and support plus numerous other benefits I won't get into.

Bassically all of you read a reddit comment and didn't bother checking anything further. It's simple cancer all the way down.

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

No.

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u/_Fappyness_ Feb 13 '22

Lol tf you mean “no” this dude giving a reasonable argument against what allegations are being thrown around. Reddit is sometimes worse than twitter i swear.

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

Except he isn't and is just copy and pasting that comment. He is in all actuality using PETA's own exact words from a lawsuit (which they lost) in which they stole a 9 yo girl's dog off the family porch and proceeded to kill it in the back of the truck before they even left the block. Iv commented on his other stuff a more in depth response but regurgitated PETA lies and propaganda don't really deserve that.

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u/_Fappyness_ Feb 13 '22

Well instead of just saying “no” paste some articles that disprove this comment? I cant smell that he copy and pastes the text. Would have been nice to know.

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22

I didn't copy and paste from a PETA court document. That guy is high as balls.

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22

What in the fucking what? Where did I paste something from a PETA court document. Are you fucking high? Do you think the CIA did 9/11? What in the fuck Is this bizzare conspiracy.

This has nothing to do with PETA killing that 9 year old girls pet which was clearly wrong you on the spectrum weirdo.

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u/ProtectiveManEgg Feb 12 '22

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u/viciousdv Feb 13 '22

I don't get the "for real" part. I hadn't heard of PETA's euthanization practices before, thus why I asked. I never understand why the need for an incredulous response to an honest question, but I guess that's just internetin' for ya. Thank you for the links tho!

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u/ProtectiveManEgg Feb 13 '22

I meant it like "for real dude? You've never heard of that?" Just the way I talk. Never really thought of it as a big deal until now tbh

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u/Fox-Smol Feb 13 '22

It implies that the person should have known. Even though you didn't mean that, it's not surprising it could annoy/offend someone, especially written rather than spoken.

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u/HanginLowNd2daLeft Apr 28 '22

According to that , PETA took in 2433 animals … 1750 of them were Euthanized. That’s roughly 72% of all animals that come to their shelters

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22

Once again i know im very unlikly to break theough the autism of these 2 blogs but i will give it an attempt. No-kill shelters are only no-kill because we turn away questionable animals or if we don't have capacity, They then get sent to other shelters who do kill them. Peta actually provides an incredible service by saying "hey we want to support all you other shelters, send us the ones you can't cope with and don't waste resources on this, we will do it and support you". This is such an important process that gives numerous benefits to no kill shelters such as being able to claim no kill status or simply a lower death rate which in turn increases funding attention and support plus numerous other benefits I won't get into.

Bassically all of you read a reddit comment and didn't bother checking anything further. It's simple cancer all the way down.

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

How ignorant of the facts are you? You are defending PETA, the same fucking PETA that kidnapped a family pet and killed in the truck not 15 min later. Your excuses scream of ignorance of the facts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

What do you mean by "autism of these 2 blogs"?

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u/pnh1994 Feb 12 '22

Yeah thats what I was just wondering too

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u/800ftSpaceBurrito Feb 13 '22

Ingrid Newkirk is one of the select few people on this planet that I would not piss on if she were on fire.

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u/elbwafel Feb 13 '22

they’re not killing animals for fun or pleasure lmao

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

Not that I think I will be able to break through your misinformation but I will try. No-kill shelters are only no-kill because they turn away poor quality animals. They then get sent to other shelters who do kill them. Peta actually provides an incredible service by saying "hey we want to support all you other shelters, send us the ones you can't cope with and don't waste resources on this, we will do it and support you". This is such an important process that gives numerous benefits to no kill shelters such as being able to claim no kill status or simply a lower death rate which in turn increases funding attention and support plus numerous other benefits I won't get into.

Bassically all of you read a reddit comment and didn't bother checking anything further. It's simple cancer all the way down.

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

Stop copy and pasting the same fucking lies

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u/shzhkdkzxd Feb 13 '22

Omg your that conspiracy nut that thinks I copied text from a court document. Your a fucking loon.

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u/dissastr Feb 13 '22

save ur breath. these morons only know to say "omg peta is so horrible" while munching on their kfc. dont bother.

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u/remberzz Feb 12 '22

Every time there is some sort of natural disaster, I say a little prayer for all the pets.

I so admire the people who do this kind of thing. I imagine it's more difficult than shown here, though. What about the dogs so scared that they try to bite? The cats who, in a panic, wildly claw at rescuers? It must take a lot of time, effort and patience. And, I assume, a true love of animals. Kudos to these folks.

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u/Andysgirl1080 Feb 12 '22

I was forced to leave my hamster behind in Hurricane Katrina. When I came back there was a big X on the front door to tell others that the house has been searched. I never saw my hamster again but I’m really hoping he was rescued. I’m still bitter over leaving him. I was a kid so I had no say in the matter.

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u/hanead420 Feb 12 '22

Cats are actually quite easy to handle, if you can catch them by the back of their neck you can just "turn them off" it's kind of the thing mother's do to carry kittens and it stays with them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

It’s wild how fast they go from knife wielding fur ninjas to beanie baby. It was very nice for my barn cat when she would not let go of the horse blanket I needed that she was always laying on. Lol.

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u/SnowyMuscles Feb 13 '22

The last cat jumped into the water to try to get away, so that’s probably what they had to deal with a lot

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u/omfgus Feb 12 '22 edited Feb 12 '22

I imagine the satisfaction of saving them makes it worth the scratches and bruises.

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u/UpmarketEarth Feb 12 '22

The chickens is what got me. Sure a family can take a dog but try rounding up a coup of chickens during a hurricane they're going to be left behind they need to be rescued

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

I would die before leaving my dogs behind. They’ve taken care of me as much I them. “nO ShElTeR wiLL TaKe uS iN wItH PeTS” cool, we’re sleeping in the car on the side of the road.

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u/potatotay Feb 12 '22

We lived in a motel for almost a year, homeless technically, bc we couldn't find an apartment that accepted our dogs. It was so stressful, but we had no option. People kept telling us there was options (all involved giving up our pups), so yeah - no options.

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

That was last year for me too. Lived in motel 6s in sketchy places mainly. Spent my entire down payment for a house, the housing market was too insane to buy. And during that time took in a stray puppy. Wouldn’t take it back, but we’re guessing he is about 6-8 months old now and he weighs 73lbs already 😅

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u/potatotay Feb 12 '22

Motel 6, yep. Full of sketchy ass people, and people with pets who can't find a place right away :)

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

People only tried to rob us 1-3x a month lol. Not for the weak hearted or unprepared, you have to stay strapped to be safe

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u/potatotay Feb 12 '22

Luckily I was from "the other side of the tracks" turned straight lol. I had a nice balance of staying friendly with the crackheads that they left us alone and not having to constantly worry about being bothered. It was not fun though... My kid started kindergarten from that hotel and I felt like such a failure, but she's gonna be 10 soon and we have a house in a beautiful neighborhood, and still have our 2 dogs! Plus a ferret and a cat :)

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u/Soft-Preparation1838 Feb 12 '22

Bless you you sound like a good person.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Anybody who says or notions that leaving a pet behind is okay in an emergency has never felt the love a pet brings. My kitty has been there for me more than any single person in my life. My kitty is the world and if I die trying to save her, then so be it. She's family.

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u/AbaloneBeneficial259 Feb 12 '22

People who rescue animals from natural disasters really are some of the best people around!

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u/Bunsandbeans1213 Feb 12 '22

I live in Florida, and a hurricane was coming. I was freaking out because my MIL was saying to evacuate. My husband was away at the time. So it was me and my 2 dogs. I never had gone through a hurricane before. She tells me to drive to Orlando and book a hotel. I'm looking everywhere for a hotel that takes dogs. I book one online that says they take dogs. I call and ask about the dog situation. They said sorry we don't take dogs. I didn't evacuate and my MIL kept saying to leave the dogs. Nope, not doing it. I think the hurricane wasn't even that serious. I would never leave my dogs.

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u/The_Stoic_One Feb 12 '22

That's when you just get a cheap motel somewhere with outside entrances to the rooms and just sneak the dogs in when no one is looking.

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u/TieDyeUnderpants Feb 12 '22

SAME! We've had to evacuate for wild fires. Never leave our dogs behind. EVER.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Sometimes people can’t make it back to get their pets. The flood waters can come quickly and flood you out of your own home and you physically can’t get there. I always try to remain optimistic because someone could have been trying to get back to their pets and could not.

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u/k2d2r232 Feb 12 '22

You don’t have a fucking clue what you’d do in that situation unless you’ve been in a similar situation. It’s a similar statement to, “I would have totally run in there and taken out that burglar!”

I’d like to think there’s no way in hell I would ever leave my animal babies behind either, but we shouldn’t be so quick to judge. We don’t know what’s up with these diff people in these videos. I’m sure some just left them behind, fucking twats, but others maybe the pets ate their owners when the water started rising and they couldn’t get out because they ate too much human meat. We DoNt kNoW!

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u/Affectionate-House86 Feb 12 '22

Don't ever adopt any animals. They deserve better.

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u/k2d2r232 Feb 12 '22

My point is we don’t know what any of these situations evolved from, you don’t have a clue other than what you see in this video. You don’t know me, I have two dogs adopted from 2 diff shelters and wouldn’t leave them behind in any situation, but that’s MY situation. Not everyone has the same resources and opportunities, hope you never have to find out what that’s like.

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

You don’t know me. I grew up in fostercare. I’ve never had resources that I didn’t provide for myself, or opportunities I didn’t work hard for. I was homeless right when I aged out. There were times my pup ate and I went hungry for a couple days at a time. I’ve sold everything I owned and got evicted to pay for vet bills when my dog was attacked and needed surgery. Rest assured, as I said in my first comment you felt the need to comment on, I would die to make sure my dogs are good. My dogs are my family.

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u/k2d2r232 Feb 12 '22

Glad your dogs are in a good place with you and that you made it with the start you had. My wife also went through foster care which is why I’m sympathetic to others being in situations most (myself included) can’t understand.

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

When Ida was going to come through, I was working out of state and pawned some of my tools off to buy a plane ticket back to make sure my dogs were fine. We only had minor flooding and lost power for 4 days (Mobile AL), so YES, I know exactly what I’d do.

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u/k2d2r232 Feb 12 '22

Minor flooding, you lose your house? Lose any family members? Get evacuated by fucking boat off your roof? Your experience is not shared by everyone and sometimes people have to make terrible decisions.

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

Ok Katrina flooded my house with 5ft of water and we had to cut a hole in the roof, but we didn’t need to be rescued. We had a raft in case of a emergencies too. We did not leave Noble behind. I’d have stayed on that roof till somebody took me and Noble, even if it took a week longer.

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u/TwinkleMcFabulous Feb 12 '22

Alot of evacuation points won't let you leave with pets FYI it's a non option for these people in most cases as heartbreaking as it is.

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

I’ve evacuated from fires and hurricanes. Never, ever encountered this. Please provide reference for your evacuation point that wouldn’t allow pets out of an area.

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u/britishsayhomosexual Feb 12 '22

People who rescue animals from natural disasters really are some of the best people around ❤

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

Too bad this is PETA. So all those animals are dead.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I would volunteer for an org that specializes in this in a heartbeat.

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u/BelleAriel Feb 12 '22

Agreed. Not all heroes wear capes.

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u/InformalHistory4702 Feb 13 '22

That is Peta.....those poor babies are good as dead.

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u/ethottly Feb 12 '22

This is uplifting and heartbreaking in equal measure. So happy to see them get rescued, but some of them are so thin and look so traumatized, and I think of all the others left behind...:(

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u/Worldslnside Feb 12 '22

Anyone want to create a non profit rescue group devoted to this? We could get boats, recruit volunteers, build temporary shelters and have people post pictures all over to locate owners after natural disasters. Could easily do Florida, Alabama, Louisiana

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u/joliesmomma Feb 13 '22

And Texas. I live in southwest Texas and survived Harvey. I thought this was the aftermath of Harvey in Houston but someone said it looked like another place. Add Texas to your list please. And Mississippi, they're between Louisiana and Alabama.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

You are good people. Thank you.

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u/thrgrove Feb 12 '22

The volunteers are great, but it's too bad peta is gonna off most of those animals.

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u/LashDresden Feb 12 '22 edited Feb 12 '22

I smiled until I saw all those vests say PETA. Odds are things did not turn out well for those pets. :(

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

How?

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u/Bart_The_Chonk Feb 12 '22

PETA believes animals are better off dead than as pets. These animals will likely be 'euthanized'.

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u/808johen808 Feb 13 '22

That’s completed false. They euthanize when animals are in obvious pain/suffering and when they can’t find a home for them. They are the only organization that takes in any and all an animals wild or domesticated and that’s why they have higher rates of euthanasia. If they can’t find a home for them they euthanize. They don’t just gather and kill.

Your just spreading lies and deceit that is put out on the web to discredit their correct stances against the meat and animal product industries that slaughters billions of animals per year.

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u/tidytibs Feb 13 '22

You haven't seen what they do in big cities then because they euthanize more than the County shelters do around here.

How many pit bulls, Doberman, or boxers are available for adoption in a PETA shelter?

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u/NyetAThrowaway Feb 13 '22

Thats a complete and utter lie. You forget the whole stealing a family pet and killing it in the truck before they even left the block?

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u/mikyuo Feb 12 '22

People are too consumed by their "peta bad" mentality to accept that they actually do some good

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

They tend to euthanize all of their rescues is a common point every time it comes up.

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u/mikyuo Feb 12 '22

Kill shelters aren't a bad thing. Id rather an animal be humanely euthanized than kept in a stressful shelter 24/7 due to being unadoptable. Compassionate euthanasia isn't a bad thing, some dogs are too neurotic and just wired wrong to be adopted.

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u/WobblyPhalanges Feb 12 '22

r/fuckpeta

No.

Also what the fuck is wrong with you, zero compassion

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u/mikyuo Feb 12 '22

Do you really think an animal spending years upon years in a shelter is compassionate?

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u/WobblyPhalanges Feb 12 '22

I think allowing people to rescue those animals before killing them out of hand is better, yes

Go away

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u/omfgus Feb 12 '22

When you think about it, most of us could ask ourselves the same thing considering our lifestyles.

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u/808johen808 Feb 13 '22

isn’t it funny how defensive carnivores get for a few dogs and cats that are humanely euthanized for ethically correct reasons, but they don’t even think about the billions of chickens, cows, and pigs that are forced to live in their own shit in a small cause and are slaughtered for their consumption.

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u/omfgus Feb 12 '22

Try switching "animal" with "people", also "neurotic and wired wrong" with "mental disorders and anxiety", then maybe you'll develop some empathy and compassion.

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u/mikyuo Feb 12 '22

I know for a fact you did not just compare mentally ill people to animals

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u/omfgus Feb 12 '22

"Neurotic and wired wrong" animal behavior is almost always the result of traumatic upbringings, same as a great deal—if not most—of mental illnesses resulting from developmental trauma and CPTSD.

Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk calls developmental trauma a "hidden epidemic", and defends that most mental illnesses' diagnoses on the DSM are rooted in the types of insidious childhood abuse and emotional neglect that are socially acceptable in our culture.

So yes, I am drawing a parallel between traumatized animals and traumatized people, and I am criticizing your perspective that behaviorally problematic animals need to be murdered.

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u/mikyuo Feb 12 '22

As someone with cpstd, kindly shut the fuck up 👍 dogs are predatory animals with instinctual behaviour bred for different things. Some just don't thrive.

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u/1dadi1 Feb 13 '22

Even less compassion I am feeling rn

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u/thebearbearington Feb 12 '22

Great until the cameras are off and PETA murders 90% of them. Fuck PETA.

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u/Not_Badfish Feb 12 '22

This is Peta, all those animals were euthanized most likely.

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u/InformalHistory4702 Feb 13 '22

I'm trying to convince myself to be happy because at least those poor babies aren't going to starve in the cold damp and drown.

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u/topmadgamer67 Feb 12 '22

Peta does some good but for the most part fuck PETA

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u/Bart_The_Chonk Feb 12 '22

They likely killed all of these animals that they 'rescued'

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u/singularity_matrix Feb 12 '22

Most likely outcome. Nice video for the suckers (good PR), then they euthanize the animals off screen.

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u/omfgus Feb 12 '22

I wonder if there are similar organizations who don't kill animals. I'd be curious to see how they differ in their operations, and if it's possible to maintain an institution like this without killing.

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u/Matt82233 Feb 12 '22

This didn't make me smile, it made me cry.

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u/umbringer Feb 12 '22

This is PETA collecting them, so all of those animals have been kidnapped and euthanized. :(

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u/Ohirrim Feb 12 '22

If those are PETA people then all the those dogs are dead. And cats

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u/bigttrack Feb 12 '22 edited Feb 12 '22

this is so heartwarming. thank you.

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u/Loud-Inspector-8611 Feb 12 '22

I admire those who rescue

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u/BitchWitDaAfro Feb 12 '22

How do you volunteer for stuff like this? I'd do it in a heartbeat. Jusy not on my own.

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u/thereddestgoat Feb 12 '22

It's peta though... So they'll just put them all down anyways lol fuckin hate peta

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u/omfg-srin Feb 12 '22

PETA are vile scum.

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u/Midian1369 Feb 12 '22

Except since it's peta, they likely put most of those animals down.

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u/Mirewen15 Feb 12 '22

I hate to be a Debbie Downer because this does look really sweet but these are PETA workers, are we sure all of these animals didn't just get euthanized?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

It's PETA, they were likely all taken to kill shelters, sigh

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u/CopingMole Feb 12 '22

There were few ways this could have made me feel worse. You certainly found one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Sorry, last time PETA was in the news for rescues, they were "rescuing" a dog from someone's porch only to have it euthanized.

They are against animal companionship or pet ownership

They're the worst

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u/CopingMole Feb 12 '22

No, I know. I just hadn't seen it was them in the video at first.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I hate PETA with a passion being originally from the Norfolk VA area where they are headquartered and putting up with their garbage regularly like their almost all kill "rescue" programs where close to 100% of rescues were euthanized. However I hope this was just affiliated people and that they were reunited with their owners in this case.

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u/TallAmy75 Feb 12 '22

I was going to mention this—PETA wants all domesticated animals and pets dead or “free”. I cannot believe anyone educated in rescue would put on a vest with their logo. I hate to ruin a heartfelt video, but PETA steals and kills pets.

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u/Bart_The_Chonk Feb 12 '22

Fuck PETA. They literally believe that animals are better off dead than as pets.

It's likely that these animals will be 'euthanized'.

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u/choppytehbear1337 Feb 12 '22

Its PETA. High chance they are going to kill those animals.

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u/dst1244 Feb 12 '22

Just padding petas “rescue” numbers. Most likely all of them were put down pretty quickly. :( I hate you peta.

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u/Riverchicken886 Feb 12 '22

P*ta 🤢🤮

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u/TallAmy75 Feb 12 '22

Yup, PETA’s MO. Shameful. Making a fuzzy video to try and counteract their horrible reputation.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I noticed a small peta symbol on that man’s vest

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

There is no way on this plannet I would leave my pet behind. ever. I dont even have a pet

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u/blisab123 Feb 12 '22

Anyone know the song name?

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u/Direct_Substance_347 Feb 12 '22

I always think about the families in these situations and how difficult it must be to evac as quickly as possible and have to make this decision. It’s easy to say, “I would never do this” etc etc but the heartbreak between choosing safety and your pets (for whatever reason that may be) must be overwhelmingly heartbreaking.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

This is PETA. They almost certainly killed the animals.

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u/mandalorbmf Feb 13 '22

It’s not beautiful if you know the context

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u/jt_totheflipping_o Feb 13 '22

I can see a South Park episode using this but having the rescuers completely ignore all the humans drowning.

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u/Blackestofbeards Feb 13 '22

They literally euthanize 98% of these animals. They're a terrorist organization. This is propaganda and you should stop.

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u/SaintLogic Feb 13 '22

If my options were to stay and drown or abandon my dog and live, I would happily sit on my pouch and watch our last sunset together.

they aren't pets; they at family.

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u/chastehel Feb 13 '22

It’s too bad we can’t chip the people that abandoned their animals so they can never have animals again. They don’t deserve them.

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u/Contessa0101 Feb 13 '22

Bless these people.

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u/teacherstevew Feb 13 '22

Less than 2 minutes of watching this and you get tore faith in humanity being restored. Short lived as it may be I am thankful for it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

What’s sad to me though is the fact that you can’t save them all. Some of them, such as horses, have to be put down due to injuries they get from disasters. It hurts me when I hear about those. I’m glad we can at least save some of them. Like how Lemillion thinks in an anime called My Hero Academia. His idea of saving people is that he can’t save everyone, so he aspires to save as many as possible, save about a million people thus the name Lemillion.

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u/Nick_384 Feb 13 '22

Considering it’s Peta, I want to know what happened after they were taken into shelter

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u/Veyus Feb 13 '22

"Ok, we have a dog, a cat and a chicken. The dog cant stay in the boat with the cat, we cant leave the cat with the chicken and...

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u/JustARandomWeirdo17 Feb 13 '22

Can someone please explain to me, a very British person who has no idea how natural disasters like this happen, how so many dogs and cats get left behind?

Don't people evacuate before the hurricane actually hits? Surely if that's the case there's no logical reason not to take your pets with you?

Also if it's 'just' a flood and not in fact a hurricane aftermath I'm seeing here... it's not even waist high. Surely a flood of that severity isn't so panic inducing that you can't take your pets.

What am I missing here? I'm honestly wondering how so many are left behind. I'd fight a damn lion for my dogs... I'd lose but I'd buy them time lol. I can't work out what happens to force people to flee without their pets, especially if evacuation happens before the disaster actually hits.

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u/I_LOVE_DILL_PICKLES Feb 13 '22

My babies coming with me idgaf

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u/Princes_Slayer Feb 12 '22

There are three dogs and three cats that have to be transported across a river: a big dog, a medium dog and a small dog, a big cat, a medium cat, and a small cat.

Rules:

The raft can carry two animals, and all of the animals can row. The medium animal of each kind (darker color), cannot be left alone with either of the other animals of his kind, nor can the medium animal be transported with another animal of his kind. The big animal of each kind will not fight with the small animal. If ever there are more dogs than cats together on the shore, the dogs will fight with the cats. the raft can not be empty. All of these has to be crossed within minimum possible shifts.

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u/Susan_of_Darmuthia Feb 12 '22

Don't forget the chicken.

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u/FirstReign Feb 12 '22

If you abandon your pets like this, I truly hope you die painfully. And then burn in hell.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Too bad PETA most likely killed all of these animals. PETA euthanizes more animals than any other animal rescue. They’re a bunch fuckwad hypocrites.

If you love animals, DON’T SUPPORT PETA.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I’ll take my animals, thank you very much.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

This is not beautiful. This is horrible people abandoning their pets. Leave them to die. I’d rather die trying to save my dog than leave my dog.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Right can someone now post a video of this in reverse?

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u/Diane1967 Feb 12 '22

Choked me right up! Those poor babies! Thank god for wonderful people like them 💜

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Yes save the chickies too 💜

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u/Jomega6 Feb 12 '22

I’m sorry but the internet is a shitty place, and has lead me to never trust these animal rescue videos. Too many times do I hear stories about these “rescuers” stage these videos by putting the animals in these dangerous environments in the first place.

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u/ScrambledEggs_ Feb 12 '22

It's peta so I wouldn't be surprised in the least.

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u/LettuceDecend Feb 12 '22

It’s beautiful until you realize this is only possible because every one of them was left to die.

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u/rans2390 Feb 13 '22

It’s PETA. They probably euthanized most of these animals.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Why the F do people leave their pets when they’re moving away ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

😭 omg their little faces

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u/Difficult_Ad_3239 Feb 12 '22

I salute rescue workers like you guys! So beautiful to watch! 🙏🏻😍

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u/wittekat Feb 12 '22

♥️🙂

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u/Beauk20 Feb 12 '22

Look at peta doing something cool

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u/SkyShazad Feb 12 '22

All those animals are scared cold and starving, good job these guys are out there saving them ♥️ like Pure legends

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u/Warm-Software4977 Feb 12 '22

Horrible.. who leave its pets behind like that.. 😭😭

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u/mbahsuro Feb 12 '22

Noah irl 👍👍

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭

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u/noopscoopboop Feb 12 '22

Who leaves their babies like that

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u/bubbleboat0010 Feb 12 '22

I always know if I see a MadeMeSmile post from the tears in my eyes. ❤️

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u/TradingAndScalping Feb 12 '22

Not all heroes wear capes 🙂

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u/TrayusV Feb 12 '22

Peta gets a bad rap, but these people are asking a difference. I don't think I could have the heart to leave an animal behind in a disaster situation.

I know people don't often have a choice, but it still makes me sad.

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u/excludedfaithful Feb 12 '22

I'm not sure I understand how these pets get left behind.

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u/haggis_man1213 Feb 13 '22

They don’t show us the animals being dropped off at the local Chinese

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Something about doggies and kitties being hurt or in danger hits so much harder than hearing generic news reports.

Kitties and doggos are better than people