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Laura’s Animal Rescue
Animal Rescue
by Laura Francese
I have passion for many things in my life. One of which is taking care of animals. Since I was a little girl, I’ve taken in animals of all kinds. Anything that needed care and/or a permanent home became my responsibility. In the last few years I become more aware than ever of the need for permanent homes for animals. There are literally 1000’s and 1000’s of animals that need homes. Some are from unspeakable situations…others are just unwanted animals from homes where they were once wanted. Breaks my heart in a thousand pieces. Chris and I have taken in many animals. Our first official rescue was Ally, a blue Weimaraner. We got her from the Ohio Weimaraner Rescue. She was 8 hours from being euthanized. No way we could let that happen. Then we found Buddy. We now call him Buddha (sometimes names just stick and you don’t know why) We rescued him from the New York Weimaraner Rescue. They even had his papers still. He’s been the toughest case yet. He had been passed from one home to another, abused, neglected, unwanted. We were even told to “put him down”…. NOWAY we could do that….we already loved him and he was our responsibility now. It has been amazing to see him change and get better.
This last Friday we brought home a horse. His name is Peanut. He was taken from his home thankfully. He is a papered Quarter Horse. Kept in a stall where he couldn’t move. Was used for breeding and rarely fed for 14 years!!!!!!
Please please consider adopting or rescuing a pet before going to a breeder. There are thousands of amazing animals that need and want permanent homes. Please visit www.petfinder.com or www.aspca.com or www.spca.com I have found these three sites to be resourceful and informative.
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solohunter on 22 Jul 2009 at 7:18 pm #
Awesome stories. we have 3 dogs that were rescued and 1 stray that has a home here now……speaking of horses glad Peanut has a safe home. Here is a link to a video my wife, Tracy made about her first horse rescue Phoebe…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smbmjKupw0M&feature=channel_page
We currently have 3 TBs off the track relaxing here at our family farm in NEIN…..
Angel 29 y/o..here is 2 of them..
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Reign Girl 14 y/o
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The 4 dogs at deer processing time..with a couple cats…
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We have seen many horses, dogs, cats come and go, but we try to them a quality, yet realistic, life while they are here…..
Scott(Solohunter) and Tracy Hutchins-NEIN
solohunter on 22 Jul 2009 at 7:24 pm #
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RUMMY on 29 Jul 2009 at 12:12 am #
Laura, I too am in full support of the humane treatment of animals. No animal should ever be treated cruelly. Your adaption of neglected, and/or abandoned pets is to be applauded However, I do not equate the lawful, and ethical, killing of sustainable, and renewable, wildlife animal resources with cruelty. I have killed, wild game , but only lawfully, and as ethically, and humanely as possible. I have nursed neglected animals back to health.
If you hunt, or eat any meat, if you wear make-up, or leather, or benefit in any way from all science involving animals, or you support those who do, I think you are making a huge mistake in lending your support to a radical group such as ASPCA.
I realize that life is complex, we all have varied, and widely divergent views, still at the same time with some similar. I will not tolerate cruelty to animals, Nor will I support those that work to ban lawful hunting based on misguided emotion.
hdracer on 01 Sep 2009 at 1:34 pm #
Our house is no stranger to rescues, either from a shelter or from our yard. We have 3 cats, only one of which came from a petstore, 1 Pomeranian that came from a shelter and 4 Chinchillas (2 which came from the local high school science class–the other 2 are their “kids” who showed up after mom and dad moved in with us).
All have been doing well and are well adjusted for the most part. It’s the latest addition that is going to break our hearts. My GF’s coworker, a lawyer who volunteers for a local shelter, started telling her about a tiny (2lbs, 8oz) Yorkshire Terrier that she had rescued. It apparently had a head injury and needed further TLC. My GF fell in love with the little girl as soon as she laid eyes on her. Of course, “Lucy” came home that day. We provided the necessary medical treatment and she made what appeared to be a speedy recovery. 4 days after ending her steriod treatment she nose dived. To make a long story short, it was not a head injury but a brain disease. We took Lucy to the OSU Veterinarian School for evals and found out that she has a fatal type of Encephalitis. We also found out she had 2 pins in one of her femurs from a previous injury. So the little dog that we have had for approx 1 month will be with us for maybe 6 more. She’s currently back on steriods to help make her more “normal” but we know this will only delay the outcome. My hat is off to everyone that takes on rescues without any biases. I’m sure that there will be more in our future because my GF loves animals. But, and I’ll be honest, this is tearing me up inside watching Lucy each day knowing that someday soon we’ll have to say goodbye and have her put down. To see those big brown eyes on that tiny face looking up at you in wonderment and without any knowledge of what’s coming is crushing. Each day we spend with her is special as she has her own antics that make us smile.
If you read this, thank you. I need to stop ’cause I can’t see the keyboard very clearly now…
denoisd on 16 Jan 2010 at 9:42 am #
Laura,
I love animals but unfortinatly the city says that I can only have four dogs or animals of that equal number. But I do have a male yellow tabby cat that I rescued from a shelter. The way we met is I stopped in to waste some time at the shelter and had no intentions of getting an animal. When the lady behind the counter asked if she could help me, I asked to see her cats, We walked to the back and most of the cages had little furballs in them that just wanted to be loved and have all the attention in the world, Except this one that had a much larger ball of yellowish fur that really didnt have a care in the world and didn’t pay much attention to me as I was walked through. So I had to see what this yellow furball was like and I asked to see him, as the lady opened the cage and reached towards the fur ball, I stopped her from picking him up insted we opened the cage and let him come out as he pleased. Once he noticed the cage was open he came out with a bound and proceeded straight in to the area where the K-9s where kept with out even batting an eye. Walks all the way through the kennel area and back out to the area where we where. At that moment that was when I decided he needed to come home and become the newist member of my growing familywith all ready having 3 dogs and some fish.