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While thousands of dogs live comfortable and happy lives with humans, many thousands more lead a miserable, short life and unfortunately, humans are to blame. Click here to read the Daily Herald article.
Amos was put to sleep on 5/13/09. Amos was one of those dogs that just hated the shelter life and was
becoming depressed and angry in the shelter. It is a very sad story and we are all heartbroken that
he had to leave us. Please help out other Amos's by adopting a shelter pet or spreading the word to friends
and family members that there are very nice homeless dogs that need homes.
Don’t go to a breeder, and be sure to Spay and neuter your pets!
Amos - Labrador mix, male, 4 years, black, large size.
Amos is a very well behaved and leash trained black lab mix. He listens very well.
He is a very happy guy who does not like to be sitting in a kennel all the time at the shelter.
He is stubborn when you put him back and grunts with disappointment when he is put back in his kennel.
We estimate his age to be about 4 years old and he was found as a stray.
Please see the other dogs needing homes at the: Hampshire County Animal Control Twin Oaks Rd, Slanesville, WV 25444 Hours: 8:00am-2:00pm EVERYDAY (including holidays) Phone: 304-947-5112 (Email preferred!) HampshireCountyAC@yahoo.com
What you are about to view are the dogs available for adoption for a limited time 04/27/2009 - 04/30/2009 at the Columbiana County Dog Pound and Adoption Center 8455 County Home Road Lisbon, OH 44432. Click here to see the video of the dogs that are out of time in Lisbon, OH I created this video overnight. I not only want you to cross post far and wide, but please go to many public forums and place the URL there. Because rescues and shelters are so full and broke we need to get the public who is also responsible for this situation to get involved. Many people won't even visit a shelter because of what they might see and so my theory is bring the shelter to them. Here they can see who is available for adoption without going into the kennels. They can also help by sending sponsorship money to the shelter. If this works the way I hope it does I will be producing more videos for dogs in other states as well for the greatest impact of getting animals saved and less of them dying. Tracey BenzelSponsor a dog so that it can be rescued
 The Cat House on the Kings The Cat House on the Kings is California's largest no-cage, no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary and adoption center. Our mission is to place rescued cats and kittens into loving, permanent homes; to provide a safe, happy and healthy home for unwanted cats and kittens in a unique, no-cage facility; to prevent pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering; and to educate the public about responsible pet ownership. Since its founding 17 years ago, The Cat House on the Kings has saved over 18,000 cats and 5,000 dogs (not counting the 40,000 animals we have spayed and neutered) and currently cares for more than 700 cats and kittens. The Cat House on the Kings • 7120 S. Kings River Rd., Parlier, CA 93648 • (559) 638-8696  See the Video of The Cat House on the Kings
Tootsie was stolen from his yard in New Jersey when he was 6 months old. Two weeks ago he was found wandering in Wilkinsburg, PA.
He was taken to the
Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania. The staff scanned him
for a microchip and found that he had one. They obtained the details from the database and discovered his name was Tootsie and
his home was 350 miles away in New Jersey.
There was no response from the owners contact phone number but undeterred the staff wrote a letter to his owners address. Luckily his
owner still lived at that address and several days later Tootsie's owner contacted the shelter.
She could not believe that her dog had turned up after all this time and asked the staff whether the dog that they had found had six toes on his back foot.
They confirmed that he does. Tootsie was reunited with his family in Harrisburg on November 24th, 2008.
Click here to see the WHTM video
See more about Tootsie and the
Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania
on his webpage: Tootsie Goes Home
Please remember to keep your dogs microchip contact information up-to-date. It may save its life!
I saw you with Scrap today. You were smiling and for a while Scrap was sitting next to you with his
tail wagging. You were standing in front of the intake counter at Jacksonville Animal Control.
You were explaining that you couldn't keep him because he chewed through a $5.00 dollar telephone cord.
I heard the lady tell you that they take in at least 100 dogs a day and that Scrap would most likely
be euthanized, because he is a bigger dog. You were still smiling and Scrap was still looking up at
you with his tail wagging wondering if the new adventure with you was going to involve some new dog
friends that he could hear frantically barking all over the building. The lady asked if you wanted
his collar and his leash and you took them off (presumably for the new dog you will buy after the holiday)
as the lady put on his new plastic Animal Control, ID
collar and an Animal Control leash. Scrap was still a good boy, still wagging his tail. As you
walked out the door you were still smiling.
When you walked out the door Scrap stopped smiling. As he was tied up Scrap's tail stopped wagging
and went between his legs and he started crying. Scrap kept trying to get to you long after you were gone.
The lady at Animal Control felt bad for him and tried to give him a treat but all Scrap wanted was to
be with you so he kept crying. The Animal Control Officer came to get him and Scrap left with him his
tail between his legs and his head down. Scrap knew then that you were leaving him at that place
and you weren't coming back.
Scrap has seven days until he dies, Scrap probably won't live until Christmas. This is a true
story, it just happened yesterday. I don't expect that anyone is going to run down to
Jacksonville Animal Control
and get Scrap but please if you are thinking about taking your pet to Animal Control - don't.
If you are looking for a pet then check at Animal Control as there are so many Scrap's there.
Although Scrap was in Jacksonville, FL, this is also happening hundreds and thousands of times in
all towns and counties AND countries. PLEASE take pet ownership seriously! These precious, loving,
loyal animals do not deserve this. They ARE man's best friend! In good times and bad times,
they'll always be there for you and never judge you. You have a duty to care for your dog, not to dump it
because you cannot be bothered to train it or because it is inconvenient to keep it.
The pound takes in one hundred dogs a day. How many dogs do they find a home for? Ten dogs a day would be good! That means that 90% of the dogs brought into the pound are destroyed. Before you take your dog to the pound ask them how many dogs are adopted each day then how many dogs come in. You do not have to be a genius to figure out what the chances are that your dog will find a home. If the pound has space for 300 dogs and there are 100 coming in every day, then after three days there is no more room and the 100 dogs that are arriving have to go somewhere. Ten of the lucky dogs are adopted or rescued so 90 dogs that have been at the pound three days are killed to make room for the new dogs. This happens every day, in your city, in your county, in your state. OK so maybe your local pound only takes in ten dogs a day and it has space for 70 dogs but they may only save ten dogs a week so everyday 8 or 9 dogs are killed to make room for more discarded dogs. The majority of these dogs are young, healthy and friendly but time is not on their side. A lucky dog will be taken in by a rescue and they will try to find it a home. Rescues have a limited amount of space so they can only rescue a dog when they have found a dog a home. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that the number of cats and dogs euthanized by shelters in the USA each year is 3-4 million. That means one pet was deliberately put to death while you were reading this paragraph. How many more will die while you read the rest of the page? See more HSUS facts and figures here. In 2007 The Dogs Trust estimated that 105,000 stray dogs were collected by local authorities in the UK. Of these 7900 dogs were destroyed. Click here to see the figures for your region.
Sanctuary dogs usually fit into one of two categories. The first type is the adoptable dog that is constantly overlooked by people searching for a dog. This may be because they are older, or young and lively, or maybe they just look like an ordinary 'mutt' amongst the many other dogs needing a home. These are dogs that still have so much love to give and have sat waiting very patiently for a home to call their own. They may have spent many months, possibly years living in a kennel so will need some time and attention to fit into a home routine. It is possible that such a dog may be better off being moved to another rescue that receives more visitors. Many national rescues will move long stay dogs to another area in the hope of finding them a home. The second type of sanctuary dogs are the ones that will live out their days at the rescue. These dogs tend to either suffer from health problems, behavioural problems or are just too old. The rescue will care for these dogs until it is their time to cross the Rainbow Bridge. Some of the lucky ones live out their days in a foster home, others have to live in a kennel and thus have less human contact. Most small rescues will be very grateful if you can sponsor a long stay dog, even if you just contribute to buying them food or medication. Click here to see the 'Sanctuary' dogs at Hickory Hill Canine Rescue, Ashland, VA
Almost 5,000 dogs have been thrown out on to the streets of Wearside and East Durham in the five years from 2002-2007, with up to one in five being put to sleep because homes could not be found for them. Click here to read the article in the Sunderland Echo A dog was tied up in a bin bag and left to die in a concrete culvert in Oswestry, Shropshire. The black and white female Shih Tzu was found badly injured, dehydrated and starving on Christmas Day by a woman who heard her whimpering as she walked her own dog. Click here to read the article at the Telegraph.co.uk Save a Life - Adopt a Dog!Page updated: June 3rd 2009 |
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