Essex pups to be at Petco this Sunday
Some of you may be keeping up with the story of the litter of pups that was rescued from a house in Essex a while back. In fact, Sasha had an excellent story about the dog abuse case in the Wednesday, July 18 Statesman.
I've covered several Bollinger County dog abuse cases with Marilyn Neville of Ace of Animal Behavior; she is fostering the pups, along with two Lab Mix pups at her rural home near Zalma, Mo. Marilyn is great to work with - a truly dedicated animal lover, who has saved a number of animals in the area by finding homes for them. In fact, my sister in Springfield, Mo. has two corgis that Marilyn rescued in the Zalma area.
Today I just got word that Marilyn will have the Essex Beagle mix pups - along with the Lab mix pups - at Petco in Cape Girardeau on Sunday, July 22 from noon to 4:30. She will be representing both Safe Harbor, the rescue shelter in Fruitland, and the Sikeston Shelter. Both shelters do wonderful work with animals that have been dumped, abandoned, or abused. Hopefully, she will have enough volunteers to help her bring all the pups to Petco. There's never enough money for these causes, so if anyone has any extra funds lying around --- you know where I recommend that they go! When my mother died last year, we asked that donations be made to the Springfield animal shelter in her name. It's a wonderful tribute.
Petco has been excellent in supporting local animal rescue shelters with donated food and publicity for adoptions.
I'm going to try to post a photo of the Essex pups on this blog. First time I've done that, so let's hope it works! (I don't think it did! I'll have to call in the Big Guns for help!)
From the hills of Tillman, this is North Stoddard Countian writer, Madeline DeJournett signing off.......
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This area is traditionally very weak in taking care of animals, so it's good to see people stepping up to help.
For example, there is no animal shelter in Stoddard County, except for Sun Dog, a cat sanctuary in Bloomfield. The closest shelter for dogs is in Sikeston, and it's struggling to keep up with the massive number of pets who are "thrown away" by their owners.
There are several problems, as I see it. For one thing, people who care about animals often get labeled "crazies," because there are those in our society who say, "Why are you worried about animals, instead of humans?" The way I see it, we should care about BOTH. Just because I'm an animal lover, that doesn't mean I don't care about humans.
America is a rich nation. There's no reason why we humans, who bring these animals into the world ("Oh, look at the puppy? Isn't he cute? I want one!") can't step up and be responsible enough to take care of them! ("Oh, he's peeing on the floor!" "He's too big and rowdy and eats too much. Go dump him in the country, where he'll find a good farm home!")
People can be so stupid!
Mmmmm....maybe I need to write my next blog on THIS topic! Soap Box, here I come!!
Behavorists tell us that serial killers often started out torturing animals..... They were "practicing" on defenseless domestic pets before they moved up the ladder to their fellow human beings. I have no idea what makes some people lack a conscience... I've read that crack babies often grow up with no feelings toward their family members - the crack children are just as likely to kill their little brothers and sisters as not.
I don't know if the dog-fighting syndrome is the same thing, or not. It seems that the gang mentality is often involved.....a sort of macho thing: "My dog is tougher than your dog!" "Oh, yeah? Wanna bet?" "Yeah, let's go!"
I read that Michael Vick had been having illegal dog fights at his place in Richmond, Virginia since 2001. Imagine how many dogs died horrible deaths before he was caught.
It breaks my heart that no one wants these sweet-natured, beautiful pups! If I didn't already have four dogs, I would take one.