It’s nice to see animals getting rescued from dire situations. It gives us a compassionate emotional stir within us and then we’re so thankful when the animals are shown safe and out of harm’s way.
…At least, if the videos are legitimate and not staged and actually putting these animals deliberately into harm’s way…
Which has been the case when coming across certain youtube videos of people “rescuing” dogs and cats from dangerous snakes and other harmful situations. Sadly, this has been a common theme in the world of youtube and these videos sometimes rack up millions of views.
The attention to this horrible situation was brought to light by multiple people, and gaining popularity after youtuber PaymoneyWubby created a video about it on June 19, 2019, “Fake Dog Rescue Videos Need to Stop“.
What we thought was a nice, heart-warming video of altruistic people genuinely saving these animals lives, turned out to be an awful exploitation and ploy upon not only the people’s empathy, but also putting these animals into dire and helpless situations. All for the sake of views and donation money to keep putting these animals at risk “rescuing” these animals.