09/08/2026
Our rescue phone has had 8 missed calls from just from today. On Friday we had 13.
My Voice Mail specifically gives instructions for those looking to surrender a pet. It says, “we currently are not accepting surrenders however, if you’d like our help networking or sharing your pet to other Rescue partners, please send us a text message with details on the animal, including an image.” It also instructs potential adopters to please leave a voicemail for a call back!
The reason my voicemail is set up this way is because I can not be taking 13 calls a day while working full time and running the rescue!!!
The kicker is, out of all of these missed calls I have received ONE text message!! And that didn’t even include a fraction of the requested info.
If it’s not important to the current owner, why should it be important to me!? 
The rescue now has its own separate phone number, separate from my personal phone. Otherwise I’d go crazy! 🤪