09/17/2026
Grateful for all the local organizations working for animals in our community. 🐾 We especially appreciate the Humane Society of Jackson County GA for their continued support of Off The Chain and the families we serve. ❤️ Please read their post below, follow their page, and support them whenever you can!
It will take a few minutes to read,
but well worth it.
Once you're done, think about the local groups who would greatly appreciate your support. These local groups are hands on in our community providing services for the forgotten animals in Jackson County.
Humane Society of Jackson County Ga - Provides Spay/Neuter assistance for low income families. Preventing unwanted litters prevents overcrowding at shelters. Donations accepted at www.hsjc.com
Jackson County, GA Animal Shelter - Provides shelter for unwanted or stray animals while they wait for adoption or rescue groups
Dirt Road Doggies Rescue - Provides foster homes and adoptions, new beginnings for local animals.
Catvocate, Inc. - Provides low cost spay/neuter for individuals as well as Community Cat trappers/feeders
Pup & Cat Co. - Provides foster homes and adoptions, new beginnings for local animals.
Off The Chain -Provides safe enclosures and shelter for outside pets.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ETJSVnnJd/
𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐂𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 $𝟒𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑
“Before you give to the ASPCA, you should know,” the warning began on Fox — and what came next was a gut check for anyone who’s ever mailed a check to save a shelter dog. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘚𝘗𝘊𝘈 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 $460 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 $1.2 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.”
Read that twice. One adoption center. A single facility, in one city, is the entire on-the-ground operation behind an organization whose ads run coast to coast begging Americans to “save a life today.” Meanwhile the money donors send keeps piling up in a portfolio instead of a kennel.
𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 — CharityWatch has flagged the ASPCA’s overhead and fundraising costs, and separate reporting has found only a sliver of its budget actually reaches local shelters doing the real work of feeding, housing and adopting out animals. The donor pitch and the balance sheet tell two very different stories.
And then there’s the man at the top. President and CEO Matt Bershadker has collected north of $1.2 million a year while the group he runs sits on nearly half a billion dollars in reserves. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.
Every dollar mailed in on the promise of a rescued puppy is a dollar that could’ve gone straight to a shelter instead of an investment account. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 — and right now, for the ASPCA, the honest answer is: mostly, it doesn’t.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬.
