I wish there was an onboarding requirement for animal advocates: before you go active, learn what's been tried, what worked, and what didn't. Because so many of us (myself included) have burnt years rediscovering lessons that were already there if we'd looked (or known where to look). I took a stab at this with my first post here: substack.com/@feedingpr…

But this post paints a much richer picture of the strategic dead ends and missed turns that brought us to where we are today. Great read.