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This pit bull was found hogtied and left to die
Animal Abusers Should be Prosecuted Fully
The animal left for dead in a field near Lamont, CA.   The person who left the animal, James Worley, has been arrested and is waiting prosecuted.  We are asking the District Attorney's  office to prosecute this case to the full extent of the law.  
Please help get the message out that Kern County should not tolerate animal abusers.  
The perpetrators of these crimes need to be prosecuted fully.    
We must ensure that these crimes are taken seriously by our DA's office.
You can Help by signing the petition to put James Worley in jail where he belongs.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/send-an-abuser-to-jail

The Heigl Foundation rescued him.  
This loveable boy is safe now.
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Katherine Heigl speak out against the abuse

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Not even a blanket for  
Momma and her babies

Sadly, often Momma's like this one are dumped off at the shelter to have their babies on these cold, damp, hard, cement floors without a blanket to keep her babies warm.  Often puppies likes these do not even survive from the puppy killer disease Parvo that runs throughout these shelters.  You will be happy to know we got this sweet Momma and all her babies out of that shelter.  They spent a few nights at my home, with a warm bed and plenty of food.  Then we sent them up to Oregon to find their loving forever families.

  * This is a perfect example of the importance of taking responsibility of spaying / neutering our family pets.*


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Shot in the Chest

We were at the shelter temperament testing dogs for our upcoming transport rescue and came across this sweet little boy that was shot in the chest.  The bullet went right through his chest, just past his heart and out the other end.  Why?   This sweet gentle baby boy.  Candace networked this little boy and many people stepped up and donated funds to help with his vet bills.  (follow up on next page) 


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Wire Wrapped Around her Mussle

We see many dogs like this one come into the shelter all the time.  We are not able to rescue them just yet.  They must stay there because they are evidence to a court case.  Abused, neglected, terrified, wounds that look to be of a wire wrapped around her mussle for quite some time.  After all that she must now sit and wait at this scary shelter until the court case is reviewed.  Often we see these abused dogs are still amazingly so kind and loving to us humans - still starving for our affections.  Even after all that.


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Against all Odds

This little dog was dumped off at the county shelter after the owners had him for 13 years.  Everyone at the shelter knew he would not stand a chance.  Missy a volunteer fell in love with this baby and would not give up on him.  He was so tiny, Missy asked if she could at least take him home to foster.  Missy gave him a bath and cleaned him up.  At first she thought he had lost all his teeth but it turned out that no one for years have ever properly care for him.  That his teeth were covered in so much plaque build up, you could not see his teeth. (Follow up story on the next page)


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Scheduled to be killed and no one called their owner?  So we did!

When we temperament test dogs for an upcoming transport we must look at about 80 dogs to find 40 that can go with us up to Oregon.  Some get adopted, some are sick, some have holds and sadly most likely those people never come to adopt them and they loose their chance to come with us.  That day, as we were testing, which I have to tell you is so bitter sweet.  Yes, we are saving lives and giving them a chance and on the other hand, we have to pick and choose who goes - who does not.  We have to look at every cage.  Every single dog.  With their eyes looking at you as if to say, "What did I do so wrong to be put in here.  Please help me.  Please get me out of here."  It is heart retching for me.  It is my living Hell.  Not just the aggressive dogs are put down - No, it is the sweet, adorable, playful healthy dogs too.

During our testing we came across these 2 adorable fluffies.  We loved them.  They tested well and we were signing them up when we noticed their ID tags.  Often when dogs are dumped off by their owner they will still have their tags on.  So for the hell of it, we called.  When we told them,"do you know your dogs are at the county shelter?"  They began to cry.  They have been looking for their dogs for 2 days.  They were so grateful we called they were going to come right over.  It amazes me that the county worker that checked these dogs in didn't care enough to notice these tags.  These dogs could have been scheduled to be killed or adopted out.  This is a great example of the importance of chipping your dog.  Also these dogs were not Spayed or Neutered.  So they got out and you do not have control over what happens.  We must S/N all dogs and cats!  When she arrived we told her the importance of Spaying and Neutering.  She told us she was Catholic and they do not believe in birth control.  Absolutely stunned at this comment, Candace said," your dogs aren't Catholic".  I said my God says, "Thou shall not kill.  He didn't say, Thou shall not have minor surgery.  Would you rather have all their puppies and their puppies puppies killed because that is what is going to happen.  I see this every day at the shelter." 

The only way these dogs could be released back to the owner is by having them spayed and neutered.  It is the rule.  Thank God!

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