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PLEASE READ & CONTACT CONNIE DIRECTLY at: save_our_strays@hotmail.com
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From: "Joan Scoccimarro" <Joan.Scoccimarro@fox.com> Date: 11/30/04 4:36PM Woman in dire straights. 38 dogs need help NOW - FUNDS AND IDEAS and PLACES for dogs NEEDED in NW Missouri near Iowa. Help need NOW in NW Missouri near Iowa. Has lost her daugther, mother, van not working. Has 38 dogs and needs to move them before this monday or AC will take them and kill them. Needs to rent a trailer to transpo to Chicago and St. Louis. and has NO money.... who can help her NOW. Please contact the original sender if you are able to help the animals: Connie Guthrie save_our_strays@hotmail.com (@hotmail.com) wrote: Connie has done a wonderful job. Her daughter died of complications with Lupus. Please contact her or reply to me if you can help in any way.
Thanks!
From: "Connie Guthrie" Subject: Thank YOU Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:19:39 -0600 I have been told that every time I send out an email it is labeled urgent. Sorry, about this. In 1996 when Stephanie and me started SOS, we thought things would be different. We thought people had a heart and compassion and would come forward to help with the animal problem in our area. I told Stephanie at the time it didn't matter what othe people did, it was what we did. At the time, I did not know that my daughter would get sick and die. That was a thought that never ever came to me. So, we continue to help the animals, get them adopted and never was there enough money, but we made do. Mainly because we took our savings. Then our daughter died and we had to sel our property. At the time of her death we had around 200 animals waiting for adoption. When she died, still no one came forward in our area to help. This should have told me something. Anyway, I did not want these animals to be put down and I thought that I could carrry on. I was wrong. When Steph died, part of me died too. The only reason I kept going on was becase of the animals and my determination to get them all a home. In June of this year I send out an email for help. The property that we were renting was sold and we had no place to go with the animals. I could give them all to the state, but I knew that they would be put down. At this time several people and groups came forward, and thank you is not enough. Some of the foster homes that the remainding dogs have been in, have brought them back to us. We now have 38 dogs here and this can not be. The van that we have, has over 300,000 miles on it and the mechanic that worked on it two weeks ago has harmed our transmission and it is now out. The mechanic will not own up to his mistake and now we have no van, no money. My mother was critical two weeks ago, and she died on November 19th. I did not have a vehicle or money to go to her funeral. Now my family will not speak to me and I will be shut out of the will from my mother. Why is all of this happening and why am I bothering all of you about this? I guess for me to be an example. If we do not rent a van to move these dogs to Chicago and to St. Louis by next Monday I will have to call my state inspector and give him these dogs. And, I will be finished. I do not have a credit card to hold a van. Leslie at the shelter has given money to keep the old van going, but now she is tapped out. She will have to put down dogs and cats this week. One of the dogs is pregnant. Everyone may want me to go away. Believe me, I wish i could too. God places in everyone's lives trials and situations. They are for us to grow. Please do not critize me. I know my mistakes. I see them everyday. I do not need to be reminded. Any suggestions of how we can get a van to continue would be greatly appreciated. If no response, I will know what I have to do. Connie
A shelter in Missouri is being forced to close its doors on Wednesday,
August 31. All dogs not placed by that time will be euthanized. As
of early today (Saturday), the shelter has been able to place all but
18 dogs but are running out of time. Check out
www.petfinder.org/shelters/MO86.html and see some of the dogs
remaining earlier in the week. Look at those faces, can we let them
die?
Staff and volunteers at Save-A-Pet (Grayslake, IL) can't let this
happen. Our shelter is currently at capacity so we must find
temporary foster homes for these dogs until we can find them their
forever home or have space to take them into the shelter. It might
only be a few days - a few days for you and a lifetime for the dog.
Or maybe you can foster a current Save-A-Pet dog and free up a kennel
for one of these deparate dogs.
Action of humans have put these dogs in shelters, we as humans must save them. If you are able to help, please contact Jenn Fluharty, Foster Care Coordinator at Save-A-Pet IMMEDIATELY. Any dogs we are able to find a foster home for by Tuesday will be brought to Save-A-Pet on Wednesday and we ask that you pick up your special foster dog on Wednesday after their arrival. All dogs have been spayed or neutered and are current on their shots.
Please get the word out to everyone you know over the next couple of
days. Send the message to all your e-mail contacts, call all your
dog-lover friends. Time is of the essence - act NOW!
Call NOW - Jenn Fluharty, 847-740-7788, extension 116. Leave Jenn
a
detailed voice mail message including your name and number.
Thank you for Saving A Life.
Jacky Townsend
Director of Volunteers Save-A-Pet
Original Message -----
From:
Tanya Murrah
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:34 PM
A local small-town pound took in a stray
dog, black,
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We need liaisons, photographers writers, correspondents! Most of these positions are not, in and of themselves, demanding. Of course, if you care about animals they can become very time consuming efforts, indeed, and we appreciate the vast and varied talents of those who are doing this work -- many out of the kindness of their hearts. If you are interested in volunteering for this effort or others, we invite you to write us and let us know what you'd like to do, how often and how you like to work. We're sure to be able to find a match for you! We thank God for each and every one of you who care enough to confront almost insurmountable odds to do everything you can to change this travesty in our world, often facing your own humanity to do so, and putting your own emotions on the line to care for the voiceless among us: GODSPEED to each and every one... |
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Missouri's dog
breeding industry is massive. An estimated third of the puppies sold
in the United States come from the state. Deplorable conditions in
sectors of the industry have led some to call it the "Puppy Mill
Capitol of the Nation". A 2001 state audit revealed lax oversight
and conflicts of interest within the agency charged with overseeing
Missouri's massive dog breeding industry. Through discussions with
investigators, state officials, veterinarians, activists, rescue
groups, dog breeders and dog brokers, KMOX News set out to answer
the question of whether that audit made any difference for thousands
of suffering animals."
