Jamie's Animal Rescue

08/24/2026

Just an update to my previous post : I’m still fighting PayPal. I have given up on calling because that has proven useless- the call either seems sketchy , they keep transferring me around , or they’ll say they will look into it with zero follow up.

Word of advice - delete your PayPal account.

08/17/2026

Hi everyone !
It’s been awhile , I know. I’ve been wanting to update on how life is going for me and the crazy zoo over here but just haven’t had it in me yet. But if you were a supporter through all those years , just know- my son and I are happy , we are well, and we are living our life more freely since stepping away from 365/24/7 rescue.

Unfortunately, this update though is because even though life can be great and full of joy; it can also be unfair. You’d think I would have enough good karma in this world to last a lifetime after dedicating 15 years to non-stop rescue …. But apparently that is not the case.

Heads up! This will be a long post to explain what has happened - but a PSA to fellow non profits, I would steer away from PayPal because they will NOT have your backs in any way. In fact, they will do everything to not support you.

Months ago- our rescue PayPal was hacked, but I was unaware because when they hacked it … they also changed all the contact information including adding on a separate bank account. My rescue email was hacked as well, but since I wasn’t checking it consistently like I was back in the day, that was able to go unnoticed for a while.

So they took $2,000 in donations straight from the PayPal account and sent it directly to their bank account.
And when that was gone, they started withdrawing funds from MY rescue account that was linked to PayPal. They would transfer from my account , to PayPal , then to their bank account. The first transfer was $1,500 which went unflagged because it was just one transfer and there was sufficient funds in my bank account to cover that.
Then they continued to try to withdraw more funds , approximately $3,000 more. Thankfully Bank of America denied these transfers because there wasn’t enough funds.
So the hackers were able to get the funds from donations that were IN my PayPal account (that I was unaware about any donations coming in since they changed the notification email address) and then an additional $1,500 from my actual bank account.

Y’all when I say I tried to actually communicate what happened to PayPal- it was absolutely pointless.
First I filed online , and they denied it saying it wasn’t fraudulent.
Then I call and explain everything , and the woman I’m talking to is looking at my account and she’s like “oh yea girl , I can see this was not you.” She said they got it at 4 am and changed everything , and this was after I had the SAME email address and SAME phone number and SAME bank account linked to PayPal for 13 years. And now all that information had been changed…
This lady went through and filed disputes for all the charges and checked the boxes for what made it look fradulent.
But guess what … she doesn’t make the final decision, it then goes through to AI.
3 days later , all disputes were denied claiming no evident of fraudulence.
I call more , can’t even tell you which PayPal are real and which ones are scams because not a single one got me any further in the process. So decided to have someone else call on my behalf, and still no results. No follow up , nothing.

SO , I call my bank. I need that $1,500 back. They simply have me fill out a form and they got my money back. Awesome , great, wonderful. I lost the donations but at least I got a little $ back into my account.

BUUUUUT WAIT. PayPal now claims since that money was reversed and it was already transferred to an outside bank account (the hackers)… that I now have a negative balance. Because my bank just took the money back from PayPal. PayPal never refunded me a penny of any of the stolen money. I called PayPal about this as well , and shared my side of the story- once again….It all seems very shady.

Bottom line. PayPal in no way has sufficient customer service and they have screwed me.

I have till 8/25 to put $1,333 back into PayPal (they immediately took any PayPal donations that have made their way in) or it will be sent to collections. Do I want to do this? Absolutely not. I’m livid.

I cannot have this going to collections. I do not have that money. I am a single mom working as a pre K teacher with double digit animals. I’m barely able to afford the medical care and maintenance of the animals that I accumulated over the years that weren’t adoptable. I have not asked for help with funds for them due to my own pride.

So as embarrassing as it is , this is me coming out of the woodwork asking if you could help a gal out. Please don’t lecture or tell me what I should /should not have done. Because honestly, I’m just exasperated over this. I have not wanted to post it publicly.

I’m gonna wrap up this long winded rant with …. PAYPAL , you are so so so NOT cool. And That’s me using my nice words.

But to those that took the time to read this , thank you ❤️ here is a pic of sweet Zoey girl for your heart, my first Parvo puppy save from 13.5 years ago.

www.paypal.me/JamiesAnimalRescue
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12/31/2025

I can’t put into words how much I needed this.

For more than half of my life , I rescued. I started bottle feeding kittens from cat colonies at 11 years old. I didn’t have a normal “twenties” era because I had 20+ animals at a time In my care, while going through college and starting my first teaching job. I sacrificed a lot- friendships , relationships , trips , memories , but most of all; my own well being.
Rescue is something that can fully absorb you. Even when you have other roles of wife and mother. You can’t get away from it , there is NEVER a break especially if you foster and care for a high number of animals In your own home. The phone calls, texts, facebook tags continously hound you.
There is so so so much that goes into running a rescue , it’s not just let’s save this cute , healthy puppy and magically find a home for it.
After years of burn out, at 37 years old I decided to step away. Don’t get me wrong, I still dont live a normal day to day life- I have more animals here than most folks but it’s manageable.
But when you step away from something that ran your life , that consumed your thoughts & soul. That was literally your identity - That little grey cloud of guilt that followed you everywhere , the “surely I can do more , there are too many suffering out there” doesn’t just disappear. But what does quickly fade is your rescue friendships , your reputation , all your hard work seems to be forgotten so quickly. Just a blip of something small. It’s a strange feeling to go about my day , knowing my little rescue isn’t known for making a difference anymore.

But then I get this in the mail. Children’s books written by two adopters who took their two J.A.R dogs across the world with them to Saudi Arabia. Instead of “moving and can’t take them with us”. They made it happen because they were their family.
Zach & Kona are living a life that I never in a million years would have imagined for any J.A.R dog. And NOW they are stars in a children’s book collection.
This note right here , brought tears to my eyes. Bittersweet tears that my self sacrifice was still recognized. Thank you to these two because I sure needed a reminder that It was all worth It.

Check out the collection on Amazon! Please support Honey & Poppy and their adventures ❤️