Animal Rescue – An Imperfect World With Few Absolutes

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July 20, 2011 An Important Message to Animal Rescue Networkers … I know I’m often guilty of wanting to live in a perfect world. Especially when it comes to animal rescue. I want all pets to be safe, loved, and to have a home. I want to see more people involved in their local community
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Crime-Fighting Chihuahua Stops Armed Robbers

paco crime-fighting-chihuahua

  Meet Paco! A little Chihuahua who appears to be more mighty than two masked men with guns. They only mentioned it briefly, but Paco is actually a rescued dog! File under “who rescued who!”






Dancing Chihuahua

June 20, 2011 Enjoy this cute video of a Chihuahua dancing the flamenco! It’s all in the hips, right? Oh the joy they bring to our lives! Networking is a powerful tool we have to save the lives of the precious animals that depend on us so. Please continue to invite friends, family, and colleagues
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Nevada Animal Rights’ Laws Passed

Shelter Dog

June 13, 2011 Senate Bill 223, known as Cooney’s bill, became Cooney’s Law in Nevada last week! It is now a felony to unjustifiably multilate, torture, maim, or kill animals. The law was named after a three year old beagle that was brutally killed by her owner last year. At the time, the only penalty
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An Update On Norah the Stray and Her Puppies

Norah the stray dog

June 13, 2011 Do you want to see what 10 beautiful miracles look like? On April 5, we shared the story of Norah the stray and her nine puppies living in a draining ditch (click the underlined text for the original story and photos). It’s a beautiful story of the compassion of volunteers dedicated to
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Little Bulldog Pup In Need of Med Care

animal rescue sick dog

June 9, 2011 Take Me Home Rescue, (TMHR – Richardson) got a chance to be an Angel to an Angel when they rescued this little six (6) month old bulldog. The rescue reports “We took in a baby bulldog earlier this week after she was found in a tarp in the back of someone’s truck.
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It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn

king the dog

June 8, 2011 Animal Rescue Story * Updated Saturday, June 11 – scroll down to the end to see a short video of this HANDSOME dog a couple days after rescue! IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN … a couple days ago King’s owner surrendered him to TLAC with a  roughness that grieved observers. He reportedly
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Summer Spay/Neuter and Shots Special – Collin County

Spay Neuter Pets Dog Cat photo

June 7, 2011 Collin County Shelter volunteer, DeDe Whitcombe, reports there is a fantastic, low-cost personally owned (not rescues or fosters) dog and cat special scheduled for Tuesday, June 14th. It includes low cost spay/neuter and vaccinations. You can have up to four pets sterilized through this program and they also have low-cost vaccinations too.
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More Than 44.3 Million Facebook Post Views

Paws Texas FB Stats 04 2009 2 062011

June 6, 2011 Facebook has a great tool for Page admins that allows them to see what is happening on their pages; I thought I’d share what’s happened on our page in the last month, from January 1, 2011 to now, and since I first launched the Page on Facebook in April 2009. As you
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One Hundred Thousand Hearts (animal rescue educational video)

One Hundred Thousand Hearts official photograph

May 31, 2011 One Hundred Thousand Hearts is a very well-produced documentary of the plight of animals in municipal shelters. The numbers are both staggering and heartbreaking, and while Houston is a very large community in Texas, it is still just one. When you add the numbers across the state, for municipal shelters big and small,
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