I went thru a period for a couple of years where I was VERY down on people... you just see so many horrible things when you do rescue... but then it finally occurred to me that there are just as many wonderful people out there, probably even more wonderful people than cruel people. And my poor attitude toward and negative treatment of people wasn't helping anything; the people coming to me to adopt and volunteer weren't the bad guys. So I slowly learned how to deal with the bad guys and vent my anger and pain in ways that did not include hating all humans. It was a process, lol. And truly, one of the things my rescue is known for is our positive attitude and the fact that we don't make every human out to be a villian. Only the ones who deserve it... lol!!

Regarding our local reptile rescue, the one I just contacted about the garters, one thing that they always put on their ads that rubs me the wrong way is, they inlcude a line to the effect of "We will pick who we want to adopt to, you are not doing us a favor by trying to adopt". I would think that if I told people to basically bugger off, I don't need any favors, I'd never get an animal adopted... and then how could I help the next one?!