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A couple of years ago, I met a young woman online. She does dog rescue in rural southwestern West Virginia. Her name is Jessica Hill White and she runs A Reason To Believe Animal Rescue.
This is a very small rescue with only a few foster homes. It is such a
rural, poor area that she has a difficult time finding people who can
safely and responsibly foster dogs. The one adoption she did in the
local area in the past year turned into an owner surrender a few months
later, so Jessica strongly prefers to send her dogs north to
screened/approved rescues where they can find indoor forever homes.
On
June 5, Jessica suddenly and unexpectedly lost her mother. Her mother
was not sick and she died within minutes of arriving in the emergency
room. Jessica is only 27 years old. To say this life-changing event has
devastated her is an understatement.
The
week prior to her mother's death, Jessica was called to a site where
30+ dogs have been dumped over the years. The owner of the property
feeds them but obviously can't provide a good quality of life for so
many dogs. He is working with her to catch and rehome these dogs and
will alter the ones that can't be caught so the population stops
growing.
This morning, Jessica posted this on Facebook:
I
ask that people please stop contacting me about animals at this time. I
lost my mom June 5th, please have some respect. When your msg starts
out with " I know this isn't a good time but"---- just stop- you're
exactly right- it's not a good time. When is it a good time? I have
literally 40 waiting so your animal will go at the end of that stack
& by that time surely you can have managed to help it yourself. I'm
exhausted, a kind of exhausted that sleep doesn't help & I'm at wits
end.
Yes, literally within a few days of her mother's death, the requests to surrender dogs started up again.
I'm
asking you, if you are a rescue in the northeastern US, to consider
pulling a dog or two from her. If you are not, please share this post to
rescues in northeastern states. Jessica has free, regular, reliable
transport available to northeastern states. She does her best to
fundraise so she does not have to charge the rescues anything for the
dogs she sends. She just wants them to go to loving, forever homes. She
treats for whatever illnesses or injuries the dog has prior to
transferring it to another rescue. She does 4DX testing and worms with
Panacur and vaccinates on intake. All dogs are altered prior to leaving
unless it is medically unsafe to do so and the receiving rescue wants to
take on the medical case. About 95% of the time, she handles all of the
medical care before sending the dog to another rescue.
Jessica
is a nurse at her day job and has an excellent relationship with her
local veterinarian. She takes on the medical cases that the other local
rescues walk away from. She is not someone living in a poor rural area
with no education who's sending out sick dogs to rescues unaware. She
really, truly does her best to ensure you're getting an accurate health
and temperament assessment. If any placement with another rescue does
not work out, she will always take her dogs back. If you are a rescue in
a state north or east of WV, please consider helping her.
A Reason To Believe Animal Rescue (Dogs with * are the highest priority at this time!)
ARTBAR Rescue Application - Rescues who can take a dog, please fill this out if you haven't pulled from her in the past.
Please do not alter this message. Just share it as is.
Thanks for anything you can do.
Trish
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