We get rid of trash animals are not trash!

A lady in my rescue sent me this. It is true at first I used the words get rid of alot but after spending a few weekends with her I was scared to say it. Now I feel the same way she does. Pass this on!


For the last 3 years I've been on a personal campaign to stop people from using the phrase "get rid of" when they are speaking of animals. Whenever someone uses that phrase to me I look them squarely in the eyes and gently say "please don't say that, we get rid of trash and animals are not trash". If they say "well I didn't mean it that way" or "you know what I mean" I respond with "I'm on a personal mission to irradicate that phrase when speaking of animals they are not trash and we all need to stop speaking of them as if they are,please say rehome or place." At first my volunteers would duck to the back as if they expected a confrontation, now I hear them gently say "please don't say that, we get rid of trash, animals are not trash."
WOULD YOU ALL CONSIDER JOINING US IN THIS CAMPAIGN. JUST QUIETLY SAY "PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT, ANIMALS ARE NOT TRASH".

Once in awhile rehoming is the only option, as sometimes human children are put into foster care. The heartbreaking thing is that too far to many people that option comes too easy.

I will be happy to join in this campaign. Maybe when people stop speaking of animals as trash, they will stop treating them as trash.

I've been on this tear for quite awhile. It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when I hear people say "I have to get rid of my cat...dog...parrot...etc.. If they say husband, well I don't dispute that!

I really hate that phrase. Really. There are much nicer ways to say you had to rehome a pet.

It always bothers me when I hear someone use the words "get rid of" when it comes to rehoming or placing a pet, whether the person means it that way or not. I don't like how it sounds. It makes the pet sound disposable, like it's problem that has to be dealt with, instead of living creature deserving of respect and compassion. I always correct people when I hear this.

Originally Posted by Rockcat

Once in awhile rehoming is the only option, as sometimes human children are put into foster care. The heartbreaking thing is that too far to many people that option comes too easy.

I will be happy to join in this campaign. Maybe when people stop speaking of animals as trash, they will stop treating them as trash.

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I agree with this post.