Posted on 09/27/2005 8:12:43 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
South Carolina - A group of Lowcountry Animal Lovers is back from New Orleans with 25 furry survivors in need of a home.
The Humane Net Team is made up of volunteers from several Lowcountry Rescue Organizations.
The group spent 9 days in New Orleans rescuing animals left behind and distributing a truck load of supplies.
"We handed out food and crates, towels and they're begging for more. They don't have anything left, nothing. We brought 25 animals back that we rescued out of houses were people couldn't take them with them," says Barbara Bryant of the Humane Net Team.
If you'd like to become a new pet owner, contact Joy Davis with Lowcountry Animal Rescue at 821-3175.
Though many hurricane pets are finding a happy ending others are not.
A Hurricane Katrina Evacuee had to flee his Mississippi home but the shelters would not allow one of his family members to enter, Shuma, the family dog.
The family had no choice but to choose the shelter over their pet, and took Shuma to an animal shelter in Independence.
John Wyrick is trying to start a new life in Missouri but he may have to do it without Shuma.
That's because a woman who volunteered to take in the German Shepherd has refused to give it back.
Wyrick has a serious back injury that limits his abilities.
He raised and trained Shuma to help him with his daily routine.
A volunteer convinced Wyrick to sign the dog over to her for the time being.
But just weeks later, Lynn Nevills refuses to give the Shuma back saying her family is now attached to the dog and Wyrick should get a new one.
Local, Kansas City, residents have tried to help the Wyricks get Shuma back but Nevills refuses to negotiate.
It's not just you, it's the weirdness of the stories in this case... It's bizarro world, and not easy to understand or decipher what's true from what's becoming the internet legend.
LOL!
Hardly!
You're a doomed cat's savior.
Big difference....:)
This is actually an original thought and not something I heard somewhere... I think that words, "GOD" and "dog" were very deliberately given to us as mirror images of one another because our relationships with each are provided as reflections for us to meditate upon.
A healthy dog responds positively to, and lives to please his master. A dog's master is heartbroken and angered when the dog disobeys, but the master loves him nonetheless. A good master wants what's best for the dog, even if the dog doesn't realize or understand.
Sometimes the master's voice is best heard in whipsers and not in shouts.
I think of my current shep, and all my past dogs and how their tails would wag and how their greatest pleasure was to please me as their master. They've set a rather high standard for relationships with their master; standards I'll most likely spend the rest of my life trying to achieve in my relationship with mine.....;-)
They don't want you to drive down the price, and thus their profits, by increasing the supply. But all breeding should absolutely cease until every adoptable cat and dog has a home. Then let the 1% begin, but no selling, not even "at cost" which will quickly be stretched to include the cost of salaries for the breeders, the breeders' mortgages because the home is used for the breeding operation, the costs of acquiring the breeding animals, and of showing them, and of advertising/marketing, etc.
True but whatever any of it turns out to be, the dog should be returned to the man.
Yep, if she does not give the dog back, she should be put in jail for fraud.
A lawyer offered him free services.
I haven't heard anything more about that.
That is what they do with babies. I know a couple who had to return the baby after 6 weeks because the birth mother changed her mind. They decided to adopt from a foreign country.
Your ideas about prohibiting people from selling dogs are whacked... The very selective purebred breeders are not the ones causing the overpopulation at shelters. They don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry breeding unproven backyard litters, which is what nina0113 wants to do.
You're against all breeders? Period? End of story? I suppose that means you don't think anyone should have a pet dog or cat?
susie
Knowing that Wyrick has moved into his new home, I had hoped he might have a phone, he might, and it is unlisted but as of 15 minutes ago, no number.
There are 4 other Wyrick's in the area, and one answered. She is of no relation.
I have contacted Mr. Chamaraz as he has replied in email, he is the reporter for KCTV, he is not in but I left a message.
We all seem to have so many questions that I am hoping if I reach Mr. Wyrick, I might convey to him that we have been offering our prayer's and wishes that his beloved pet is returned. However, there are some questions that we have and hope he might take the time to answer them.
It is worth a try. If that works out than I will try Nevills to get her side to be fair. Again, expressing that folks want to know the truth and right now she does not look like the pillar of the community.
Any thoughts on this project would be appreciated. HairOfTheDog has asked some interesting questions. As I have followed this case and kept notes I am biased to Mr. Wyrick. But the gaps do bother me.
You all are the best and there must be ways we can help.
GS is not right! Come on! Is there one part of that post that reflects a small government free market point of view?
I'm an animal lover who currently has two mutts, but I've competed with purebred dogs before. Breed fanciers do serve a purpose. There is a benefit to there being a great variety of purebred dog types and functions, and some people make a good honest living in the promotion and competition and breeding of these dogs.
The overpopulation of dogs at shelters is a problem. But the solution is not to villify the purebred dog fancier. Backyard breeders who 'just think it'd be fun to have a litter' or think they can make a couple hundred bucks selling puppies because their dog is pretty, are the problem. Not the breeders who not only breed very selectively, but strictly control which pups are sent to breeding homes.
Actually, at least some pure breed rescue groups were lining up foster homes (and yes, these are temporary homes) for dogs affected by the hurricane. From info I have read, some of these groups had a difficult time getting HSUS to release animals to them.
susie
Coming from a lifelong dog lover(don't care for cats LOL), the smartest dogs I've found are mixed breeds.
I know they've done so much inbreeding with the Irish Setter that they are dumber than dirt now. LOL
My 2 cents, puppy mills need to go. However, we have 3 pure bread keeshonds. They are a wonderful breed and have champion lines. We wanted to breed the pups, to improve the line. Not to make the big bucks or anything like that.
However our pups have other thoughts. When she is in heat she drives the first male nuts and than once he is calm than goes the second male. It is crazy. She has not had puppies and one of the males is going on 15 but when she is in heat he acts like a 3 year old. Whew.
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