Upvoted, following, and resteemed. I have a LOT OF respect for what your doing. Its often unfortunately a thankless job ( but those animals can never thank you enough). I used to live in a somewhat rural area in Georgia and the same shit was Happening. I love all animals, I'm definitely more of a cat person no doubt about it. Hurting , being neglegent to, or cruel to animals is the worst of the worst. I can't say on here what I would do to these pieces of trash and sad excuses of human beings if i could. >_<
Thank you so much for all you are doing. I have four cats and they're wonderful rescues. And live in the lap of luxury now ♡
Thank you, @chelsea88 . It is definitely a thankless job. I carry a lot of anger because of everything I've seen people do.
I was born and raised in Troup County, Georgia. My parents still live there, and my son lives in Tifton. I've been in Virginia for ten years now, but it's still a small world. :-)
It is a small world. My sister goes to ABAC in Tifton. My father retired at fort Benning so that's how i was introduced to georgia.
I am sure you do carry a lot of anger. I would too and do. I hate that oeople are reckless with animals. I treat my cats like family. They're not part of your decorvor something to just toss aside when no longer convenient for you
The problems here in Central Appalachia are horrendous. Just beyond description. And it's a daily thing--always seeing some horror story on Facebook about local animals, or having to tell people you don't have the resources to help the stray who wandered up in their yard. Very stressful, and neverending.
I grew up about 45 minutes from Benning, in Pine Mountain. :-)
Ah, pine mountain. I love that area. Georgous area.
I again i applaud you on your efforts. I really appreciate what you are doing and have tremendous respect for this.
Here you can see one of the girls I rescued when I lived in Virginia, she's a senior now but she's far from the skinny frightened pup she used to be :) Bandit is my type of pup! Well they all are! I was part of a puppy mill small breed rescue group for a long time. Adopt don't shop will forever be my motto. May nothing but good come into your life for doing such amazing work for all those defenseless fur babies out there. #petsofsteemithttps://steemit.com/psychology/@artedellavita/find-solace-in-love
I hope to upload lots of fun videos of our animals, think that if I can't make them adoptable, at least I can make them famous. LOL :-)
I have a dear friend in Unionville, and another up near Fredericksburg. The Unionville farm is where the video of Eve was taken. Dr. Anna Russau, who'll you'll see examining Eve's tail stump, owns an equine practice over there. Wonderrful people, with Virginians for Change to Animal Legislation. :-)
I would suggest, if you haven't already, taking a grant writing glass and wringing out every last nugget of info you can from it. I had one but I don't feel I took out of it all that I could. I have a master's degree in public administration and nonprofit organization so if there's anything I can do to help, I'll be glad to. I don't know how to from here but I might be able to do something. :)
So far, I haven't really found good grants that are available for rescues. These days, they're all for brick and mortar shelters. If you're serious about helping, I'd LOVE IT if you could find a grant that we qualify for. We can get some spay/neuter money, and probably will...but it can only be used for that. I'll tell you more on FB in a little while. :-)
This is exactly the kind of content I'm looking for on Steemit! You're an absolute hero! I look after abandoned animals in Bulgaria and will write some posts about being a pet owner in a small village in a country that doesn't care for animals soon. Here's a picture of Wormburger, she's been with us for 10 days after I found her starving at the bus station...
Big respect, keep doing what you do!
Best of luck finding homes for these guys.
Thank you. They're all such sweethearts.
FANTASTIC post Rhonda!! If you haven't already met, see @daxon Media Creator / Producer / TEDx Speaker / Animal Selfies - now I must learn how to tag someone, instead of merely resteeming. I resteemed this post: https://steemit.com/photography/@daxon/i-convinced-a-dog-rescue-center-to-join-steemit but didn't see a way to *tag you.
@carolkean , I commented on the post you tagged me in. :-)
Upvoted, following, and resteemed. I have a LOT OF respect for what your doing. Its often unfortunately a thankless job ( but those animals can never thank you enough). I used to live in a somewhat rural area in Georgia and the same shit was Happening. I love all animals, I'm definitely more of a cat person no doubt about it. Hurting , being neglegent to, or cruel to animals is the worst of the worst. I can't say on here what I would do to these pieces of trash and sad excuses of human beings if i could. >_<
Thank you so much for all you are doing. I have four cats and they're wonderful rescues. And live in the lap of luxury now ♡
Thank you, @chelsea88 . It is definitely a thankless job. I carry a lot of anger because of everything I've seen people do.
I was born and raised in Troup County, Georgia. My parents still live there, and my son lives in Tifton. I've been in Virginia for ten years now, but it's still a small world. :-)
It is a small world. My sister goes to ABAC in Tifton. My father retired at fort Benning so that's how i was introduced to georgia.
I am sure you do carry a lot of anger. I would too and do. I hate that oeople are reckless with animals. I treat my cats like family. They're not part of your decorvor something to just toss aside when no longer convenient for you
The problems here in Central Appalachia are horrendous. Just beyond description. And it's a daily thing--always seeing some horror story on Facebook about local animals, or having to tell people you don't have the resources to help the stray who wandered up in their yard. Very stressful, and neverending.
I grew up about 45 minutes from Benning, in Pine Mountain. :-)
Ah, pine mountain. I love that area. Georgous area.
I again i applaud you on your efforts. I really appreciate what you are doing and have tremendous respect for this.
Here you can see one of the girls I rescued when I lived in Virginia, she's a senior now but she's far from the skinny frightened pup she used to be :)
Bandit is my type of pup! Well they all are! I was part of a puppy mill small breed rescue group for a long time. Adopt don't shop will forever be my motto. May nothing but good come into your life for doing such amazing work for all those defenseless fur babies out there. #petsofsteemit https://steemit.com/psychology/@artedellavita/find-solace-in-love
Oh goodness! :-) Which area of the state? Eastern and Northern VA have some wonderful rescues and advocates.
Bandit is indeed a sweetheart. Just scared, but we get through it. :-)
I was in Eastern VA , geez if I was closer Bandit would have his forever home here with me💜 My heart aches!
I hope to upload lots of fun videos of our animals, think that if I can't make them adoptable, at least I can make them famous. LOL :-)
I have a dear friend in Unionville, and another up near Fredericksburg. The Unionville farm is where the video of Eve was taken. Dr. Anna Russau, who'll you'll see examining Eve's tail stump, owns an equine practice over there. Wonderrful people, with Virginians for Change to Animal Legislation. :-)
Can't wait to see videos! Here in California I sometimes still foster senior dogs. I wish I could keep them all💜
I would suggest, if you haven't already, taking a grant writing glass and wringing out every last nugget of info you can from it. I had one but I don't feel I took out of it all that I could. I have a master's degree in public administration and nonprofit organization so if there's anything I can do to help, I'll be glad to. I don't know how to from here but I might be able to do something. :)
So far, I haven't really found good grants that are available for rescues. These days, they're all for brick and mortar shelters. If you're serious about helping, I'd LOVE IT if you could find a grant that we qualify for. We can get some spay/neuter money, and probably will...but it can only be used for that. I'll tell you more on FB in a little while. :-)
I'll have to change rooms so let me know when you are ready. :)
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This is exactly the kind of content I'm looking for on Steemit! You're an absolute hero! I look after abandoned animals in Bulgaria and will write some posts about being a pet owner in a small village in a country that doesn't care for animals soon. Here's a picture of Wormburger, she's been with us for 10 days after I found her starving at the bus station...
Big respect, keep doing what you do!