Here's one more reason I write about hump and dump breeders... the continuing needs of dogs like this one in the Memphis, Tennessee shelter. Her crime is that she is five years old.
The crime of Memphis Animal Services is that they have photographed her as poorly as possible, and shoved her terrified into the corner of a sterile death box, not bothering to even wipe her eye or note that her name cannot be "Mr. Froto" as she is a female.
People say they want a dog, but they really want a puppy, and when they get an actual dog they too often abandon it to its likely death when it becomes inconvenient. About 25% of all dogs in this country end up dead in the pound.
If you know anyone in the greater Memphis area, send this post or this link to them and ask them to post it around. Also, if you go to this link you can "Facebook" this dog. Let's see if we can change this dog's circumstances!
For more information about this little dog, call at (901) 363-1416 and ask for information about animal ID number A232907.
If you are looking to adopt a rescue Jack Russell and live elsewhere in the nation, please see the links in the right colum of this blog and/or Google "Russell Rescue" or "Jack Russell Rescue." They exist all over, from California to Maine, and from New York to South Africa.
More contact information for JRTCA rescue in each state is listed here.
- Related Links:
** American Canine Demographics
** Beyond the Blue Solution of Dog Shelter Death
4 comments:
Thank you for posting her. Just a note to readers: MAS is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Their kill rate is roughly 75%.
Thank you for posting this Patrick. I die a little bit every time I think of this matter. I know that there is someone reading this that can and will help this terrier. My first and best terrier is a pass along, that I got when he was 6 months old. Changed my life. I'm praying for that terrier tonight and for every other dog that needs a new start. Live long little dog. Jonathan CT
We cannot change the world, but if people will Facebook this dog and send an email to anyone they know in the greater Memphis area, maybe we can change the world for this dog? Let's try and see what happens? A 10 minute personal experience in crowd-sourcing good energy towards a targetted goal... it only takes minute.
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The link to this dog has disappeared and there is no listing under Petfiner either...
:-(
http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?&shelterid=TN111
This shelter is closed Sunday AND Monday.
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