It’s not an isolated thing either. I see many rehabs and clinics where people constantly talk crap on the workers, try to get them in trouble or arrested, do things that can get licenses put in jeopardy, act like they know more about animal care and medicine, get mad when clinics are full or when they can’t save every animal. It’s completely nuts how many hateful people there are to those doing kind things.

Being a wildlife rehabber is a 24/7 job that basically generates no money. There’s no public money, everything is donation based, so people trying to damage your reputation can destroy your clinic, and since animals don’t use cash, there’s nobody to bill for services so all expenses are eaten up. It takes a lot of land if you’re dealing with large or multiple species, which we all know isn’t cheap. It’s a high pressure career in every way possible, with no reward but the work itself.

Suicide rates for veterinarians and animal welfare workers are 2-5x the average due to pressures of the job. Here is a good, short article about mental pressures and care in wildlife rehab and things they have to deal with on a daily basis.