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--- " S. Rahaman " <mint wrote:

> Tue, 27 Nov 2001 07:31:15 -0500

> " S. Rahaman " <mint

> Organization: IOE

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> Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:15:51 +0000

> " Jo-Ann Dodds " <jdbuggs

> mint

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> Dear Mint:

>

> I thought this might be of interest to you. I can't take

> any dogs, but

> thought

>

> you might know someone who can. Hope things are ok and

> you are doing

> alright

>

> with your dog children. All my eight cats are doing very

> well.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> jo-ann>

> >Ok gang, you guys are the best group of folks around

> >when it comes to crunch time. And what I am about to

> >relay to you is a crisis of huge proportions. We need

> >to band together and help the 140 dogs in Texas I am

> >going to tell you about. You can read the details of

> >how this crisis began in the Dallas Morning News - go

> >to their website and look at the front page story from

> >today Nov. 20, 2001The short version is that a man

> >died suddenly. Leaving behind a life's work of

> >rescuing stray dogs and caring for them. Leaving

> >behind 2 women on their own, 140 dogs and 35 cats in

> >need of homes, help, supplies and support now. No one

> >knew that for 10 years this man had built a shelter on

> >his 12 acres and was saving dogs. The city is telling

> >them they must " get rid " of the dogs and the shelter

> >the man built or they will be confiscated. In this

> >very small town where they live that means death for

> >90% of the dogs.We are not talking about a crazy old

> >coot with a bunch of sick starving dogs tied to chains

> >etc. I spent some time on the phone with the women

> >this morning and most of the dogs are spayed or

> >neutered, current on shots, heartworm tested. THey are

> >living in kennels with dog houses and are fed every

> >day and healthy. The old or infirm dogs will stay with

> >the women, but all the others must find homes, foster

> >homes or rescue groups to take them before the city

> >and county take them. They have just about every breed

> >you can think of and all sorts of mixes. The one

> >Ridgeback will be here Saturday - we're going to

> >foster her and find her a home. I am sending James to

> >meet someone halfway to pick her up Saturday. They

> >have one Dalmatian, 2 Dobermans and 1 Dobie mix puppy.

> >German Shepherds, all toy breeds or mixes thereof, pit

> >bulls, collies, Border Collies, Chows, Labs and

> >Goldens out the ears, and far too many others for me

> >to mention right now. If you can foster a dog or adopt

> >one of these dogs, we will get the dog to you anywhere

> >in the 48 states - Hawaii and Alaska are just not

> >feasible for obvious reasons. I am trying to

> >coordinate some foster homes or adoptions from Texas

> >to Florida and will use the van and make one long

> >delivery trip for up to 12 dogs. (That's all that will

> >fit in the van) We have a couple of volunteers to

> >transport dogs in other directions - so PLEASE do not

> >think just because you live outside of Texas that you

> >cannot help - you want one of these dogs, by God we

> >will get the dog to you. We also need donations in the

> >form of Igloo dog houses (it's going to be cold soon),

> >no bark collars - the vibrating kind and not shock

> >collars. If the barking can be controlled the city

> >will back off for a couple of weeks and give us some

> >time to place the dogs. THey need bowls, regular

> >collars, fence panels, crates or xpens, and medical

> >supplies. Heartgaurd, Frontline (lyme and other tick

> >borne things are a problem in their area of the

> >state), and vets that will discount or donate a spay,

> >neuter or one set of vaccinations for a dog that is

> >not done already. Heartworm testing is the major

> >concern right now - people found out about this place

> >and instead of trying to HELP they have been dumping

> >MORE dogs off on the road for these women to rescue.

> >Food donations are a problem - they need the food, but

> >have no place to securly store it where rats etc won't

> >get it before they can use it. I was thinking gift

> >certificates to Petsmart for food purchases would be a

> >way to help in that area. Unless someone has a storage

> >building they can move over there to keep bags of dry

> >food safely....First and foremost though is placing as

> >many dogs as we can - if you can help in ANY WAY,

> >email me at jeran27 I am going to be the

> >central clearinghouse for information for the next few

> >days while we try to get organized etc. My friend Sue

> >owns a health food store and she just donated $250 and

> >is going to adopt a toy dog, sight unseen. This is a

> >lady with 2 strays we rescued off the streets, an

> >elderly mother and 2 jobs - if everyone of us does

> >even 1/5th of what she just did, we can save these

> >dogs before Christmas!Jeran and the Heathens -

> >Goliath, Mombassa, Meethos, Tango, Manny, and

> >Panzer-Dancer

> >

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> >up!)

> >Schatzi (EVerything and everyone loving Hooligan of a

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> >

> >Reply-to: kittynetwork

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> >

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