Originally Posted By: Tjin
I think it's just a political decision to either make rescue free or paid.


It depends a lot on location. if a location gets popular then you have a lot more people coming to see it. If you have a lot more people coming then you have more people who are less than prepared and get more calls and therefore get more strain on resources and then they have to make the decision to charge.
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