Recycled Blog Post

Here's a previously shared blog post I wrote for Memphis Pets Alive! last year. The message pertains to rescues and transports and is as timely as ever, with new concerns in the news this past week about persons (Hulbig case) who neglect pets to the point of death, but who are not facing any actual jail time.

Know who you are dealing with, and have the conversation: who are you and what are you doing with the pets you 'rescue'?

Read the full blog post here: Check 'Em Out!

Let's talk about it in the Comments  section below.

TN Puppy Mill Awareness Task Force

My original post title was: Does the Thought of Fighting Puppy Mills Make You Feel Overwhelmed?

One of the reasons I blog about my animal welfare activities is that I hope to show how easy it is to find your niche. I know that not everyone is going to go to the shelter, or foster a dog, or give cash, or bottle feed tiny baby kittens. Meow.

But, I have good news! There's lots of ways you can become involved and be part of a movement in our society which is finally coming around to the idea of a more humane world.

In this little part of the world known as Tennessee there is a small but growing group of voices calling to end puppy mills in our state. There's literally NO excuse for the conditions these dogs find themselves in day after day, year after year. Breeding a dog over and over, without access to what a typical person would call humane conditions, should be and will be illegal. We can all be part of this reform by educating ourselves, and taking simple actions. One day it might be making a 1 minute phone call, another day it might be writing an email to a politician's office or the newspaper editor.

You can do this!

I was invited this week to join the TN Puppy Mill Awareness Task Force, which is the new initiative led by HSUS' Eric Swafford. He's already invited folks from across TN to join his FB page and become part of the process. You can join also, just by emailing him directly, telling him you want to be part of the task force and he'll share ideas and links with you: eswafford@humanesociety.org He's a great resource!

IF you do send him an email, let me know in the comments below. Feel free to also state why you joined, or what questions you have about puppy mills.

This Humane Life: The First Post

After participating in many years of activism, rescue, transport, adoption events, tracking, trapping, and learning more all the time about myself and what I want to do in life, I've decided I should be writing some of this stuff down. It would be great to look back when I'm old and gray and think about all the wonderful, like-minded people I've met because of rescue. As well as the ever-growing list of pets who I've somehow helped along their way during my life. Each one I've met I've had the urge to keep, ha!, but I also knew that I was hopefully helping them find their path to a happy life, either with me or someone else who needed them. Thank goodness for a hubby and family who help me keep my numbers in check! 

One of the main benefits I'm also hoping to see is that maybe some other person who is new to rescue will read something here and it will help them see it is easy to get involved, find your niche, and you just learn so much about yourself in the process. So, thank you for reading my little stories here and let me know you are out there by commenting any time. 

Cato and Baby Gus, circa 1993.
Hawthorne Street in Midtown.
Memphis, TN
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