Amazing Rescue Animals
Expect the Unexpected
This is a beautiful story of two old dogs. It touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Take the time to watch the video, as the story is remarkable.
Our animal shelters and rescue groups are overflowing with abandoned dogs and cats, largely due to financial stress in the economy. Many people cannot afford their pets.
Living in a rural area, it is common for us to find dogs and cats dumped on side roads and highways. Unfortunately, our small towns don’t have enough shelters and rescue groups to support the number of animals that are thrown away and left to fend for themselves. Like myself, most of my neighbors have adopted several dogs and/or cats, and most can’t adopt any more animals. Local rescue groups are inundated with animals and sadly underfunded for food and medical bills.
Three weeks ago, my husband and I added a four-month-old puppy to our fur family. His story is typical — he was abandoned on the side of the highway. Our black labs are busy teaching him the art of “dogging,” and our cat is teaching him how to play nicely with a different species. By the end of each day, our house is littered with cat and dog toys of all shapes and sizes. Still, I can’t imagine life without my fur kids.
The needs in our country are overwhelming. Hurricane Helene has taken its toll in the Southeast and left countless families devastated and torn apart. In the aftermath, there will be many search and rescue working K9’s hard at work locating families that need vital food, clean water, medical care, and assistance.
In these challenging times, pets will also be lost,
forgotten, homeless, and abandoned.
Please remember to support your local animal shelters and rescue groups.
They are in desperate need of supplies, food, and funding for medical care of the animals.
Many of them take donations of clean, used linens, towels, bags of food, dog and cat toys, etc.
And, of course, if you can volunteer some time, it is always appreciated.
Is there a dog or a cat waiting in a shelter right now for you to adopt it? I earnestly ask you to consider this question.
I also ask for your help in spreading the word to people to surrender their pets to shelters or pet adoption agencies rather than dump them on rural highways.
May I present to you some of the dogs we have rescued:
Please help animals in need. Do what you can. Share this article with others and spread the word during this time of need.
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Very important topic. We struggle here in a rural mountain community within walking distance of major interstate. Mostly people are dumping cats and that's a huge problem with feral cats and elderly neighbors who put cat food out which in turn draws in ground hogs, skunks, possums, and raccoons to their feeders. Along with that population explosion and the consequences and damage to property as they seek shelter the entire neighborhood is stressed with packs of dogs and feral cats. New neighbors who bought property online, actually came up with a solution in part. They captured the cats and had the older males neutered and found an agency to spade the mothers and adopted out the kittens along with giving them shots. It's helped keep the population down. Still its so cruel in the winter when they freeze to death. Disabled and allergic we can't take any of them in.
I'm here as my mother's care giver (she's almost 93) but I actually live in Florida and this second hurricane is no doubt going to result in people who no longer can keep their beloved pets and add to the dumping of pets. Most landlords will not allow but one pet if they allow any, and with dogs they limit weight to under 25 pounds. Major housing shortages with investment clubs turning available properties into Airbnb's. Sadly, this is going to be a horrible death sentence for many furbabies.
What a great family! This is a great message, Lois.