UPDATE !1/06/10 "Welch WV SHELTER RAN OUT OF FOOD BEGGING FOR FOOD FOR DOGS"

READ UPDATE AT LINK. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV127.html Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject: Welch WV SHELTER RAN OUT OF FOOD BEGGING FOR FOOD FOR DOGS
OK EVERYONE – THIS IS ONE HEARTBREAKING STORY. PLEASE READ BELOW AND CROSSPOST LIKE CRAZY. THESE 2 LADIES ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN, AND GOING WITHOUT, ALL FOR THE DOGS & CATS. THEY RECEIVE NO HELP OTHER THAN WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. TO MAKE IT WORSE, THE TOWNS PEOPLE RIDICULE THEM. HOW AWFUL. PLEASE HELP THEM BY DONATING AND/OR CROSSPOSTING. From website McDowell County Humane Society is a non-profit, no-kill facility. We operate on donations alone. Our #1 goal is to see to the care and well-being of our pets. We are dedicated to preventing animal abuse and neglect. We also feel it is our responsibility to see that our pets find suitable homes. When adopting one of our pets you may be required to provide references, have an in-home check, and sign a contract. We reserve the right to decide if the pet you wish to adopt is suitable for your needs and the pet's needs. (For instance, a Jack Russel Terrier would not be a suitable pet for a couch potato. Jack Russels are high energy and need someone who can fulfill their exercising needs.) We also reserve the right to bring a pet back to the shelter if we feel the pet's welfare or the adopter's welfare is in danger. Owning a pet is a serious responsibility--and we treat it as so. News *********WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF DONATIONS. IF DONATIONS DO NOT COME IN SOON, THE FATE OF OUR PETS MAY BE DEVASTATING. PLEASE DONATE, ADOPT, FOSTER, OR BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL TO ONE OF OUR PETS. THANK http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV127.html PLEASE GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND DONATE. REMEMBER – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: buckleybowwow@aol.com [mailto:buckleybowwow@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:13 AM To: rfragasso@fragassoadvisors.com Subject: Fw Welch, WV Dog Shelter with a very sad story nds food & rescues Welch, WV is about 2 1/2 hours southeast of Charleston, WV and about the same travel time northwest of Roanoke,VA The shelter has a paypal donation site and they are desperately in need of $$ for food as well as rescue groups to take their animals..any amount is good..even $5.00 They have labs, germ sheps, a corgi,a husky and husky mixes, chow mixes, a greater swiss mt dog, hounds, a beagle, a couple of staffordshire terriers both purebred and mixes, boxer mixes and lots of kitties. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV127.html From: Subject: A West Virginia Dog Shelter with a very sad story A West Virginia Shelter with a very sad story. I am forwarding this letter that I received last night in hopes that you will send it far and wide. Surely I understand that all shelters are in need of help but this is a story that I just had to share in hopes that you will pass it on far and wide. It is from a personal friend of mine who dedicates his life to saving dogs. Hi Cynthia. Just wondering, do you have Carla and Barry's e-mail address? I want to drop them an e-mail to see if they have any extra food. I have been working with a shelter in Welch West Virginia ( McDowell County ) that desperately could use food or anything at all for that matter. When I made that run over christmas I had to go to that shelter for Pat McCann to pick up the pups. I was able to pull a couple of adults out of there but I just feel compelled to help them out any way I can. The shelter is run out of an old Coal Company Store that they were able to get donated to them after it had been abandoned . Definitely designed as a shelter but they are doing the best they can. They have portable kennels set up all over inside and about 30 kennels set up outside wrapped in tarps. The shelter is run by 2 women, one is 63 and suffered a major heart attack a few months ago and now has major heart problems as only half of her heart is really functioning. The other woman is 77 years old. They have no volunteers because nobody cares . When they go shopping they get ridiculed by the locals and called names. These two women are all these dogs have. They get no funding from the county, receive very little in the way of donations and they spend every penny they have on the dogs. The county's animal control consists of a couple of holding crates , a 48 hour timer, and a redneck with a shotgun and an itchy trigger finger. They spay every female dog that comes in and fully vet them. They turn them over to rescues with no pull fee, just grateful for any rescue that will help them. When i was down there they had two bags of food left and she was on her way to return food she bought for herself to get enough credit to get more dog food to get by , I gave her $100 to go buy more food and the woman broke down in tears. I leave on Friday for Ocala Florida to start my training as an Equine Dentist, figured if Carla has enough food,I could pick some up and I will re route to head to the shelter in West Virginia first to deliver food to them, they can desperately use it. I have been doing rescue for lots of years , I have been to tons of shelters in many different states, but none have touched me like this one. Their website is http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV127.html McDowell County Humane Society Box 714 U.S. Route 52 Welch, WV 24801 Phone: 304-436-2185 (shelter) or 304-436-6220 (Sharon, Administrator) or 304-732-9336 (Teresa, volunteer) Email: movin4ward4him@yahoo.com