Pets in desperate need of homes by 6/24 - can you...??

#376
Posted on petfinder earlier today:

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:08 am
Post subject: PLEASE READ MURRAY SHELTER EUTH'ING early AM Wed July 5th
Please help these cats and dogs from being killed. Save lives.

PLEASE READ FROM MURRAY SHELTER EUTHANIZING

Making one final plea for the 60+ dogs and puppies (incl mommy w/ puppies) that remain at the Murray Shelter in Chatsworth, GA (near Atlanta and Chattanooga, TN). After a couple of bad days when a couple of rescues reneged on their offer to pull some dogs and puppies, we're trying to save what we can. The dogs remain at the shelter will die very early Wed a.m. If you can help any of them live, please call or e-mail ASAP. (We were given the extra day from euth Monday b/c many of you didn't receive my previous e-mail until yesterday.)

Here is a list of all dogs still in need of rescue help. In the interest of time, I will not include photos but can get a photo for you if needed. All of these dogs get along well with other dogs and w/ people.

* White bulldog mix adult, 55 lbs
* Chow/lab male, 50 lbs
* Black/white heeler male, 40 lbs
* Chow/collie male, 50 lbs
* Lab mix female, 50 lbs
* Retriever mix female
* Purebred Beagle female, 20 lbs
* Lab mix 4 mo (blk)
* White shepherd mix female adult, 30 lbs
* Rottie mix female young adult, 35 lbs
* 2 lab/border collie brothers, 11-mo, 40 lbs
* lab mix male adult, 40 lbs
* blonde mixed breed, male, 20 lbs
* blonde collie mix female, 30 lbs
* 5-mo walker puppy
* blonde pit/lab mix, 60 lbs
* yellow lab mix mommy w/ seven 7-wk-old puppies
* 2 wht/blk puppies, 6 wks old
* 3 brown puppies, 6-wk
* hound mix male,11-mo, 30 lbs
* red chow mix, male, 40 lbs
* white spitz mix, 25 lbs (photo above)
* lab female, 30 lbs
* white/brown spaniel mix, 4 yrs, 40 lbs
* husky mix female, 2 yrs, 55 lbs
* bernese mountain dog, female, 60 lbs
* lab mix, blonde, 40 lbs
* six 9-wk-old puppies (4 blonde, 2 black)
* red boxer mix male, 1yr, 50 lbs
* five shar pei puppies, 8 wks old
* 3 puppies, 7 wks old, brn/wht, wht/brn
* pit mix male, 50 lbs
* blk/tan hound mix adult, 50 lbs

These animals need homes, RESCUES, and sponsors
http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/GA155.html

You can sponsor Murray County animals vetting for spay, neuter and vaccination for $65 per animal; or donate to more than one animal to save lives. A sponsorship donation of any amount can be put into Murray County Animal Control's general fund to vet these sweet cats and adorable dogs.
" IF YOU CAN NOT ADOPT PLEASE CONSIDER SPONSORING AN ANIMAL. YOU CAN SPONSOR ONE FOR $65.00 AND IT WILL HELP THEM TO FIND A HOME OR RESCUE. YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE! CALL TODAY TO SPONSOR AN ANIMAL! "

Sponsorship can save lives, but rescues are urgently needed.

Please call now to help!! These dogs will be killed early morning Wednesday, July 5. Your rescue help is much appreciated!

Pauline Davis Lisa
Murray County Shelter 770-441-0329
c: 706-463-2194 - and -
Karhma
770-927-2431
[email protected]

Murray County Animals
Please help these pets
Please look at the website to see who can be helped by you http://search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?animal=&breed=&age=&size=&specialNeeds=&declawedPets=&children=&status=&id=&internal=&contact=&name=&shelterid=GA155&sort=&preview=1

These animals don't have much time to live or find rescues. Please contact rescues to give these cats and dogs a chance to live full lives.

PLEASE HELP BY CONTACTING RESCUES, FOSTERING, ADOPTING, AND RESCUING.


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#377
Have been on the Petfinder forum over the past few days, and it's depressing seeing the number of healthy, adorable-looking animals being PTS in shelters mainly because of the lack of space (and funding) :sad: Animal-lovers are doing their best to stop this insanity but it really is an uphill battle.

This was posted on one of the sub-forums there, author unknown:

http://forums.petfinder.com/viewtopic.php?p=1175818#1175818

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:14 pm
Post subject: A DIFFRENT POINT OF VIEWhttp://forums.petfinder.com/posting.php?mode=quote&p=1161363 http://forums.petfinder.com/report.php?mode=reportpost&post=1161363 A DIFFRENT POINT OF VIEW

I'm being taken somewhere but I don't know where. It's dark inside this box.
I hear a door and know we're in some kind of building.
I hear dogs barking and cats crying. It's very hot.

Someone is opening the box.
It's the girl that found me in the street and brought me here.
I used to have a home. I felt loved there. Then something happened.
They opened the door and put me outside. Then they closed the door.
I couldn't get back in. I don't understand.

The girl is crying now. She picks me up and holds me. It feels good.
I'm placed in a cage. It's not that small, but I don't like it.
The girl leaves me here. I look around and see other cats, just like me, in cages.
What is this place?

Where is my family and why wouldn't they let me back inside?

Another cat looks at me. He's very sad. I don't think he was ever loved.
Maybe it's better that way.

I've been here for hours. People walk past me and they coo and sigh,
but they leave too. I think I know what's happening.
This is where we're put when no one else wants us.
Why did my family take me in the first place?

Underneath me is a new mother nursing three kittens, or are there four?
Why are they here? The kittens are barely a week old.

The girl who held me comes back and opens my cage.
She holds me again, and again, it feels good.
She puts me back and gives me a blanket and some food.
There is a tear in her eye. She's sad.
She wants to help, but there isn't much she can do.

It's dark now. Someone comes in and takes an older cat from his cage.
From somewhere in the building, I here him crying. He doesn't come back.

I've been here three days now. Everyday, they bring in more cats.
Where did they all come from? I'm scared.

The mother only has two kittens now. Two of them are dead.

The dogs keep barking, but I can't see them. People keep walking past.
Some of them stop and stare at me. Once, I was held. But I'm still in this cage.
I feel lonely and frightened.

More cats are taken away and they never come back.
I hear them cry, and then it's silent.

I don't understand. Why don't people do something? They have the power to stop this.
But they don't. Don't I count? Doesn't my life matter?

It's dark again. Someone comes to me and takes me from my cage.

I'm placed on a cold metal table. There is a girl with me.
She's holding a needle. And she's crying.
I guess it's my turn now. I won't be coming back.

PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER

please pass on....we need to make this stop and make a diffrence and end innocent lives lost and put through this torture
 
#380
Enjlux, thanks for the kind words, just wish there was more we could do. On a happier note, please check out the slide show here:


http://www.mirescue.com/

Turn up the sound :smile:

Love this story:

Starfish
One child came upon another child on the beach one day.
The second child was walking along, looking down, then every few feet would bend down, pick something up out of the sand, and toss it into the ocean.
The first child asked what kind of game this was.
The second child replied, "I'm saving starfish."
The first child was incredulous. "Are you kidding? There are too many!
What are you going to do? Spend all day and all night out here, tossing starfish back into the ocean?
You'll never save them all. And anyway, in the grand scheme of life, they're just starfish. It doesn't matter if they live or die."
The second child scooped another starfish up from the sand, considered it briefly, then hurled it into the ocean.

"It mattered to that one."

Author Unknown
 
#381
Found this on
http://www.petdoors.com/some_thoughts.htm

"Hard Facts to Face
There are 45 cats and dogs for every person born
Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born ever find a permanent home.
Only 1 out of every 12 cats born ever find a permanent home.
800 dogs and cats are destroyed each HOUR in the U.S. because there are not enough homes for them!
Please spay and neuter your animals!"

I don't know the source but if that is true (or anywhere near the truth, and sadly, those statistics are probably quite accurate), then that is a sad state of affairs and hopefully, the plight of homeless animals in the US will improve soon.
 
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