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It's not Dobes this time, thankfully. But I thought some of you might
be interested. If any of you can help, or know GSD people who can
help, please let them know. GSD rescue & IL shelters are pushed
to/beyond capacity anyway this time of year. I hear from reliable
people that the majority of these dogs are young & have decent
temperaments. These dogs (all or most of them) are currently being
cared for at Animal Welfare League in Chicago--a facility that was
ALREADY overwhelmed. AWL & the many GSD rescues urgently
need fosters, supplies & financial help.
A friend who was there helping to catalog these dogs described it to
me privately in pretty much the same words used on this website. A
horrifying number of dogs, taken from horrifying conditions. Not only
does something like this (someone collecting far more animals than a
person could ever care for) affect just one breed, it affects
everyone. Other breeds/mixes (including Dobes) who are nice dogs who
were awaiting adoption &/or for a rescue foster spot to open for them
will now probably have to be euthanized to make room for this
unprecedented intake of dogs all at once.
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Additional information can be found on Central IL GSD Rescue's website
Central Illinois German
Shepherd Dog Rescue - Urbana, IL http://www.gsdhaven.org
This is Beth Riddle writing regarding a very serious atrocity that has
occurred in our state and in our little German Shepherd community. A
mentally ill woman was served a warrant on Dec 16th and Dec 17th
regarding the removal of animals from her property. The first wave
consisted of about 90 dogs and over 70 of them were purebred GSD's.
Last night at 11pm I received a phone call from my colleague
that had just finished cataloging the final pull from the womans
house.
160 young GSD's , nursing mothers, pups, and just a small handful were
other breeds. The GSD community is shocked. I am crying and shaking as
I write you, because we worked so hard yesterday to pull just the
first 22 out of the shelter and get them into rescue. Then as we were
going to bed feeling pretty good, I received this phone call. The
holidays make finding kennel space impossible. We are begging, we
never beg, but we are on our knees to former adopters, contributors,
anyone who loves German Shepherds to please help this huge rescue
effort. The shelter cannot coordinate the rescues, so it is a team
effort consists of Northern IL GSD Rescue, their founder and
President is logging and cataloging the dogs, Chicagoland GSD Rescue
is digging up a couple spaces and on the phone, Central Illinois GSD
Rescue is contacting nationally and coordinating transport, foster
care, and will also be pulling some of these angels.
They are everywhere at the shelter. They are in cages, kennels, tied
to the walls, and though they were eating dirt, had no food, are close
to starvation, they just look at us and wag their tails. It is
absolutely killing us to see this. We could use money for medical
care, we could use puppy canned food and puppy dry food, puppy pan to
feed them in, crates, kennels and most of all space!
Anyone with a farm that could serve as a temporary M*A*S*H unit, or
shelter. I stress there is no where to go with these kids.
Transporters for national distribution. I can't even think. IF you
want to help, please call at (i took out phone numbers, against board
rules - kim) and we'll figure something out. Thank you for your
consideration.
Rick and Beth Riddle
Central Illinois German Shepherd Dog Rescue
Urbana, IL
http://www.gsdhaven.org
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god is an american (bowie)
http://shattering.org
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