In an effort to help the surviving dogs of the AL 44, I’ve been reaching out to the groups who are caring for them to ask if they are in need of donations for the dogs. I’ve gotten a couple of responses from groups who would be grateful for donations. They are:
Humane Society of Etowah Co in Gadsden, AL
http://www.humanesocietyetowahcounty.org/donate
They have 2 dogs who are each about 25 – 30 pounds, probably 8 – 12 months old. Both have been afraid of people and other dogs. Shelter staff continues to work with them. The dogs have been in isolation up until today when they were put with a couple of very stable dogs for socialization.
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PAWS Atlanta in Decatur, GA. They have 10 of the dogs. I corresponded via e-mail with Laura who wrote:
Thank you so much! We could use some extra financial assistance for the dogs. We did not expect to quarantine them for so long so it would help us pay for their up-keep. We could also use wet/canned food to hide meds in. It cannot be the chunks or slivers, but we can use the kind you can make little meat balls out of. The Alabama dogs are on a strict Science Diet Adult dry diet if someone was interested in donating food instead of money. Anyone interested in donating can go to our website through this link:
http://www.pawsatlanta.org/IWantToHelp/Donations.aspx
If they make a general donation they can specify that they would like their money to go towards the Alabama dogs.
Thank you again for all your help!
If you are in a position to donate goods, services or cash, please consider doing so. If not, please share this information with dog folks. Let’s try to get these dogs’ needs taken care of and while we’re at it, let’s thank the good people at the HS of Etowah Co and PAWS Atlanta for stepping up and continuing to do the hard work of rescue! Thank you!
Since I received a little bit more info today, I’m posting an amended list for the AL 44. I’m still looking for 3 dogs.
Status: Located
10 dogs at PAWS Atlanta in GA, all remain in quarantine.
3 dogs at Bliss Animal Haven in Loganville, GA, all available for adoption
3 dogs at New Leash on Life in Wilson Co, TN, including Sassy (D10-496) who is up for adoption
2 dogs at Humane Society of Etowah Co, AL, both up for adoption
Status: Dead
3 dogs at Lincoln Co Animal Services in NC – Per shelter records, all 3 were listed as “sick”. They were Murray, Harry and dog #38805.
2 puppies at Humane Society of Etowah Co in AL – The pups were less than 10 weeks old and came in very sick. Parvo was suspected and both were euthanized. They were the youngest of the group of 44 and the only 2 who appeared to be sick.
10 dogs dropped at the Nashville Humane Association in TN. None listed on their website. On their FAQ page, they state that pets in their care are killed “only if it is necessary due to illness or behavior problems”. At least some of the original 44 dogs reportedly had behavioral problems. I was unable to get any information about the dogs in a phone call.
4 dogs transferred from Lincoln Co Animal Services in NC to Humane Society of Charlotte (Read an update from a commenter stating she is Merry’s foster mom here!). Multiple inquiries to HS of Charlotte have gone unanswered.
3 dogs transferred from Lincoln Co Animal Services to Charlotte-Mecklenburg shelter. Their kill rate is about 65%. 2 of the 3 are listed on Char-Meck’s site – Daisy (ID#A797513) and an unnamed male (A797514). The 3rd dog was never listed as far as I know. (Searches for pets with ID #s A797512 or A797514 come up empty.)
1 puppy escaped from her New Leash on Life foster home in TN and hasn’t been found.
3 dogs remain unaccounted for and I’m still looking for them. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these 3 dogs, please share.
With donations down to most shelters and rescues because of the economy one would think that any shelter that took in any of these dogs would be happy to have some attention and the ability to ask for help.
I hope that people do offer donations to help these dogs in need. Thank you for continuing to want to know the truth about what happens to these dogs.
Um, just WHY isn’t the HSUS helping financially with these dogs? Buncha’ lying B**tards collecting money to help these pups and none going to the agencies actually caring for them. HSUS does not do No-Kill so no wonder they left dogs in facilities that are still gassing.
Not a dime will come from me to any shelter that takes seized animals. Most of the time these seizures were illegal and unnecessary. It is no longer about the animals, it’s about animal rights without regard for the animals and we all know it.
I would donate and give my time for dogs from true rescue such as dog fighting or physical abuse; starved or beaten or worse.
It stopped being about animal welfare long ago and about the end of animals being part of our lives.
Some of our feeling come from the brainwashing we have heard for the past 20-30 years coming from Newkirk and has escalated.
In a few years you might just realize what you could have done to help stop this Animal Rights Movement and it will be too late. By donating or taking in animals that actually had a good home, you are supporting THEIR actions. Their previous owners left devastated and shocked they lost Rover because some do good-er decided it was best for the animals; can we please get real!
You have quite a gift for writing and love your animals. You’ve enjoyed breeding and hope to do again someday then you must give this some thought or one day, someone might call you a ‘puppy mill’ or a ‘hoarder’ (after all, you, like many people have more than one) and take them!
This is not an attack on you. This is a plea to you to help stop these seizures and animals being surrendered under threat of criminal action.