Large animal rescue photos

[Mainframe]

I am in need of some stock photos of large animal rescues in progress, I have a local Large animal rescue trailer I am doing & can't find any photos to put on the sides, anyone know where I could find them?

 

[Marlene]

does the orangization have access to any? if they don't have any of a rescue in progress, do they have any of animals that they have helped? that seems like it would work too.

 

[Gino]

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[Mainframe]

does the orangization have access to any? if they don't have any of a rescue in progress, do they have any of animals that they have helped? that seems like it would work too.

It is the first thing I asked them, they got a grant to put this together so I just wondered if anyone knew of any pics, the one Gino sent is kinda cool, anyone know which one is him?

 

[Kwiksigns]

that elephant picture is the bee's knee's

 

[bob]

Take a hint from an advertising genius of long ago. A charity had an ad campaign to help solicit funds for its work. All of the pictures they used showed crying weeping children. The campaign was a dismal failure. They were advised to replace the crying sniveling children with smiling happy children. They did so and the level of donations increased by orders of magnitude.

The lesson here is don't picture animals in distress, rather show apparently contented beasts peacefully existing in whatever their environment might be. Show the 'after' not the 'before' or the 'during'.

 

[Marlene]

The lesson here is don't picture animals in distress, rather show apparently contented beasts peacefully existing in whatever their environment might be. Show the 'after' not the 'before' or the 'during'.

good point. some photos of animals they have helped might be the way to go

 

[Mainframe]

I already tried to sell the "good horse" photos but they won't bite, these guys are a bunch of good ole boy firemen & want what they want-horses or cows in slings being lifted.

 

[Marlene]

do they have any photos from one of their rescues? if not, can they life a horse in one of their slings and take one? not sure if there is a photos for sale site that would have something like that and the ones that do exist are usually taken by a news agency or by the rescue org themselves. do they know any other rescue orgs that might be able to help them out with a photo?

 

[Mainframe]

I guess it is risky to lift an animal with a sling, if he is stuck in the mud & going to die, then it is worth the risk to save him, but no for just a picture. I will keep looking

 

[Marlene]

best of luck. you might try drawing an image if you can that might work.

 

[G-Artist]

Really...your best bet is to use an excellent camera and stage a rescue where the volunteers
are wearing logo'd shirts (if possible) and take lots of pics.

You may find such pics at places like shutterstock and their ilk but they can be expensive
and not truly apropos.

Sometimes "actuals" can be a put off (too graphic) and like what was mentioned using
"cute" be it photos or clipart may be better in the long run.