Animal Abuse Rescue

Did you now that the ASPCA/SPCA sees over 10,000 abused and neglected animals each year?

Did you know that there are over 8 million animal species all over planet Earth, but humans endanger all others the most?

Did you know that during Canada's slaughter of baby seals, almost all of the seals were as young as 3 months old?

Did you know that some of the foods you eat during the holidays are common foods that animals are allergic to?

Did you know that EVERY 10 SECONDS an animal is being abused, neglected, beaten, and/or tortured?

Did you know that each year, thousands of young and healthy Greyhounds are killed because they lack racing potential or have been injured while racing and are no longer competitive?

Did you know that over 100 million animals – mice, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, birds, among others – are killed in U.S. laboratories for chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing every year?

~Sad. It's very, very sad that we feel the need to use animals to test our stupid products.

Did you know that puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations that put greater priority on profits than the health and well-being of the puppies?

Did you know that many dogs kept in puppy mills are plagued with illnesses or infirmaries like kidney or heart disease, as a result of the poor conditions they’re kept in?

Did you know that more American homes have pets over children?

Did you know that the commercial dog food you feed your beloved canine family members has over 30 poisonous chemicals in it, as well as 6 known-to-kill toxins? Some are lacking in close to 30 essential nutrients! The preservatives that leading commercial dog food brands use can and most likely will destroy your dog's kidneys. Major commercial dog food companies use such preservatives to increase the shelf life of their foods and increase their profits, ultimately killing your dog slowly and painfully. The worst part is: they KNOW that their preservatives can and will kill your dog, and yet, they continue to use them. An analysis of several pet foods labeled, 'chemical free' or 'all natural ingredients' found synthetic antioxidants in all samples. The most powerful, and most lethal antioxidant, ethoxyquin, was not labeled in the ingredients because pet food companies don't have to let you know of the dangerous toxins in their foods. Before the materials used in the pet food are shipped from the slaughterhouse, they are 'denatured' or sprayed with crude carbolic acid, cresylic disinfectant, and citronella. 

Your dog's food also contains dead pets killed by lethal injection.. The true horror, however is that the toxin they used in the lethal injection is not broken down by the manufacturing process and still remains ACTIVE in your dog's food!! Worse, the euthanized pets are thrown into the rendering vats with their collars, I.D. tags, and plastic bags they arrived in. All of the dead animals, and other ghastly materials are then broken down and processed until they remain a thin brown powder, mostly consisting of 25% fecal matter (ANIMAL POOP).

Sad huh? Be warned: now that you know the truth about the leading brand commercial dog food products, and choose to still do nothing about it, you too can be held responsible for your animal's painful, traumatic death.

Please be careful.

(SORRY I HAVEN'T BEEN CONSISTANT WITH THIS LATELY.)

A Letter From A Shelter Manager

I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know. That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a Great Dane would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are. If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment. Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right? I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head I deal with everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes. My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE! Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one person's mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say "I saw this and it made me want to adopt". THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT. ~ Author unknown