WE LOVE KEYBOARD WARRIORS

MDB writes:  I often have people tell me they wish they could do more, that they don’t own horses, that they “only” advocate via networking, and their key board.

So as I was reading the following post by Wendy Thomson, I was thinking about so many of you who are tireless with your networking efforts, who make a HUGE difference when it comes to advocating for euqines in need, whether you own horses or not.

THANK YOU for being YOU!  Please don’t say “only”.

Thank you for sharing via your social media accounts and for educating others as to what is going on with horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.  

Thank you for raising awareness about horses in need.  

Thank you for helping to raise funds to support rescue efforts.  

On average each Facebook user has 300 friends, so if you are among the camp who are sharing and spreading the word about causes you care about on Facebook, keep in mind that each time you post, there is the possibility of, on average  300 people seeing your post, and being educated about “your” cause.

Then as even one or two of your friends share your post,  each of their on average 300 friends have the potential to see the post, and what if even just one or two of their friends share, and so forth and so on – well you can do the math!.

Now add in your Twitter account, your Instagram account, your Pinterest account and well hopefully you get the idea.  There is tremendous power in overlapping circles of influence and using your keyboard to advocate for the causes you care about.

I’ve pulled a few quotes from the post by Wendy.

Wendy Thomson writes:

Think twice before leveling accusations of ‘nothing but a keyboard warrior.’

You’d be amazed how much rescue advocates can accomplish on behalf of at-risk horses, without a barn full of their own horses to care for. All it takes is a love of animals and a passion to help rescue them. The more we expand our rescue army even beyond the horse world, the safer our horses will be.

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Later in her post she writes:

Every educational conversation is worth its weight in gold that warns owners of the dangers when transitioning their horse – both at auction where too many are sold for their meat or even giving a horse away without a contract. The horses suffer the consequences of our misplaced trust every time.

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A bit further down Wendy writes:

What we do not need is infighting. I’m often accused of having no value, because I own no horses. If it weren’t for a friend’s pull of six horses from a feedlot, I wouldn’t have joined rescue networking and horse advocacy. I had no awareness that American horses were still slaughtered. Once learned it had to be acted upon – we all have these stories, we all have value.

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Wendy ends her post with:

So many things can be done on behalf of our horses, especially by those of us not in a barn all day. Every front line team effort needs an entourage and helpers, so don’t dismiss keyboard warriors – horses need us all. 

And to every one else, if you’d like to  learn how you can lock arms with us and use social media to be an even greater force for good…

Please reach out on any of our social media accounts, or here.

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