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Help "Invisible Dogs"
I know we have our own shelter with dogs needing saved, but please take a look at this shelter, they are on a very tight time line and now don't even have the 18 days they thought they had. There are a number of "black" dogs, large dogs, Lab mixes....
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Here's the link to the website: Mason County
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Most recent update:
I received an e-mail from the shelter I volunteer for this morning. We had 18 days left to get 210 dogs and puppies out, and the County has decided not to give us the time and insists they start euthanizing immediately. If the shelter won't do it, the County will call the Humane Society and have them come out and do it. We need foster homes for as many dogs as we can find. It doesn't matter if you live in DC, MD or VA, because we transport the dogs from WV into this area almost every weekend to various rescues and adopters. If you have room in your home to save a life and foster a dog or two, please e-mail me (Rachel) at birdie1066@yahoo.com . The website for the shelter is www.masoncounty.petfinder.org . They are in a rural area in Pt. Pleasant way off the main road and rarely have local adoptions. They need outside help, it's the only way to save these dogs. Corona is a Pit mix who survived the fire in Nov '05 when the shelter burned down. She's waited all this time for someone to find her. I can't let her die without a fight. Please pass this on to anyone you think could help. THANK YOU!
Here's the link to the website: Mason County
Here's the email:
Dear Rescues/Volunteers:
Panic is beginning to set in. We are now looking at 18 days to move 200 dogs, or the county will regain control of the Mason County Animal Shelter and KILL ALL but 50. So many of you have worked relentlessly all summer trying to help us place as many dogs and puppies as you could, and we are very grateful. Others of you have helped in the past and have faced difficulties of your own as many volunteers are on vacation during the summer while at the same time it seems to be the peak season for pet abandonment.
Our story is no different than countless other shelters who face overcrowding and the pressure to make the choice to kill perfectly healthy or at the very least, easily treatable, dogs and puppies for the sheer sake of numbers. Knowing that, I am still going to beg you to think of everyone you know in the rescue business. Please, please, put out every plea you can to assist us. We are willing to transport van loads wherever needed. These animals are our friends and family and have trusted us to give them a chance for a better life. If I sound desperate, it's because we are. We have had to fight with everything we had to even get the summer months to try to get them out to safety.
As the deadline grows closer, the county "vultures" are starting to swarm, visiting the shelter to count how many remain. The bad part is that not everyone is even listed on our Petfinder site. I assure you if you can help in anyway, any request for information about a particular breed or size or temperament of dog will not go unanswered. We do have a tremendous number of black dogs: labs, setters, hounds, terriers. Until the past several months, I never realized that color had it's prejudices in animals, too.
Our suddenlink accounts are not reliable as of late. Many e-mails have not gotten through some cyber glitch. Please use this address. Again, if it's only one or two you could find space for, that's more lives saved.
http://west.petfinder.com/shelters/masoncounty.html
Panic is beginning to set in. We are now looking at 18 days to move 200 dogs, or the county will regain control of the Mason County Animal Shelter and KILL ALL but 50. So many of you have worked relentlessly all summer trying to help us place as many dogs and puppies as you could, and we are very grateful. Others of you have helped in the past and have faced difficulties of your own as many volunteers are on vacation during the summer while at the same time it seems to be the peak season for pet abandonment.
Our story is no different than countless other shelters who face overcrowding and the pressure to make the choice to kill perfectly healthy or at the very least, easily treatable, dogs and puppies for the sheer sake of numbers. Knowing that, I am still going to beg you to think of everyone you know in the rescue business. Please, please, put out every plea you can to assist us. We are willing to transport van loads wherever needed. These animals are our friends and family and have trusted us to give them a chance for a better life. If I sound desperate, it's because we are. We have had to fight with everything we had to even get the summer months to try to get them out to safety.
As the deadline grows closer, the county "vultures" are starting to swarm, visiting the shelter to count how many remain. The bad part is that not everyone is even listed on our Petfinder site. I assure you if you can help in anyway, any request for information about a particular breed or size or temperament of dog will not go unanswered. We do have a tremendous number of black dogs: labs, setters, hounds, terriers. Until the past several months, I never realized that color had it's prejudices in animals, too.
Our suddenlink accounts are not reliable as of late. Many e-mails have not gotten through some cyber glitch. Please use this address. Again, if it's only one or two you could find space for, that's more lives saved.
http://west.petfinder.com/shelters/masoncounty.html
