A Little About Us
We help animals no
matter the location, but the majority of our animals come from kill
shelters in the southern states. Some states that we save dogs from
actually still use the primitive methods of euthanasia called the "Gas Chamber"You
can click on the link to watch a video, that will explain more about
the "gas chamber". You can read about the other method called "heart stick". It is not pleasant either.
The sad fact is that
many people are clueless that so many animals lose their life this way.
Our southern kill shelters have astronomical euthanasia rates. For
example the kill shelter in Surry County NC where I grew up they took in
4,102 dogs and cats in 2011 and only 186 of those animals were adopted
out. A lucky few were returned to owners but the fact is 3,720 dogs and
cats were euthanized. For what reason? Because no one wanted them! You
can see these numbers for yourself.
http://ncagr.gov/vet/aws/fix/documents/2011ShelterReportUpdated6-5-12color.pdf.
(If for some reason the link does not work when you click on it, please
copy and paste it in to your browser manually) Please reference the
section for Surry County. Surry county has only a 3 percent adoption
rate. The numbers of healthy pets who are killed on a daily basis just
gets more staggering in states such as South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky
and Tennessee.
Our animals are fostered in VA and NC. We don't have a physical shelter. Once they are adopted to individual
northern homes, we transport them to a location appointed by the adopter.
All our animals will have a home secured with their own individual
adopter before they ever leave our location! We can provide access to
low cost transport for our adopted animals.
We quarantine
our animals in a foster home for a period of 2 weeks before they are
shipped. This allows us to monitor the pet, and make sure that it is
100% healthy before it is shipped. Our vet, nor will we allow a sick pet
to be shipped. It will be 100% healthy at the time of the pre adoption
health exam or it does not go. No more than 48 hrs before an animal is
transported to it's new adopted home, it will be checked by a licensed
vet and issued a health certificate. We can not transport a dog across
state lines without a valid interstate health certificate. The adopter
will receive a copy of the health certificate along with the animal's
current vet records. All adopted animals will be current on age related
vaccinations, de-worming and tests. All pets 4 months and over will have
their rabies vaccinations. All pets will be micro-chipped(when we have
the chips available). We make sure that all pets 6 months and over are
altered before they leave our care. All pets 6 months and under will go
to their new home with access to spay/neuter vouchers to be used by the
time the pet reaches 6 months of age.
We are not a non profit
501(C), but just a rescue business that is funded out of our own
pockets. We are geared toward helping the needier animal. We have huge
costs involved in operating our rescue efforts. It costs anywhere from
$200.00-$250.00 per week just to feed the
animals. Some months our vet bills top out at $1200.00. That is not
counting other routine stuff such as heart-worm prevention, flea
preventive and any other special requirements.
As you can see by
looking at our minimal adopt fees, you are getting a good deal. You are
getting a fully vetted pet and having it transported for less than the
cost of obtaining an animal else where. Also, if you do the math, you
would have hundreds of dollars sank in a pet if you provided the vetting
services out of your own pocket at your local vet. Our total fee for
the pet and what you will pay for transport is what most vets charge for
just a routine spay surgery. That is a FACT! Not only would you be
getting a good deal, but you will be getting the love and devotion of a
very needy animal. That in itself is a gigantic reward.
Notice: We reserve the right to back out of an adoption AT ANY POINT
that we feel we have just cause to take such action. In the event that
WE DECIDE that we don't want to follow through with the adoption we will
refund the fees in full to the person in question.
