The Rescue Costs No One Sees

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Every rescue comes with expenses — some predictable, some caused by wildlife, and some caused by humans who apparently majored in “Crimes That Were Never Going to Work.”

 

Our cost list includes:

 

• Gas (A tracking/rescue case can easily run $200-300 in fuel alone.)

• Traps 

• Batteries

• Trail cameras

• Replacement cameras with newer technology because the old ones get “redecorated”

• Subscriptions for the cellular cameras, which are required for live alerts and add up quickly

• Raccoons who smell the cameras and reposition them like tiny HGTV hosts

• Coyotes who chew on cameras as a form of product durability testing

• Humans who attempted to steal LIVE video cameras, which is objectively hilarious because we were literally watching them try. Spoiler: their heist careers ended instantly.

• And we are actively working to upgrade to a thermal drone — but those things are EXPENSIVE.

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Add in trap repairs, drone upkeep, scent lures, tarps, zip ties, emergency supplies, food, and enough rotisserie chicken to start our own poultry-based religion…

 

And yes — the costs add up fast.