After hearing of our rescue and seeing our website, I often talk with people who are simply unaware of the thousands of animals that are killed behind closed doors every single day in every single open-intake facility in this country.  I hear things like “well our local shelter doesn’t kill animals like they do in the south – that’s just horrible!” – I always respond by telling people that unfortunately, if your local shelter provides county animal control, it does kill animals.  ...

Tuesday night we had a plea from another rescue to take some dogs that were passing through our area on transport – they’d been pulled from two gassing shelters that we regularly rescue from but the rescue that saved them was overwhelmed and needed some help.  I offered to try and quickly find some foster homes for the 17 pups in need and I assumed that we could take one or two but before transport arrived at 1:30 AM……. our wonderful volunteers had space for all SEVENTEEN!

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How do you make your first blog post?  For readers, a glimpse at a new blog is akin to your first visit to a new restaurant - if the service isn't good.....you aren't going back. If you don't like this post - I know you aren't going to keep reading - but here's my best shot at it :)

I wanted to write a letter to our wonderful amazing dedicated fosters (and adopters! and donors! and volunteers!) at the start of the New Year.  The letter would have let them know that by working together, ou...