“The Sweet Scared Sisters”
UPDATE: CONFIRMED KILLED! 7/27/18
Both NLA immediately following our visit.
I wanted to call them Thelma and Louise and planned their escape from CCAC.
These two girls are the sisters whose owners decided to dump them so they could go to the beach.
I met them this morning, and upon further investigation, I am wondering what might have happened to the brindle girl’s babies, as she has definitely had pups, she still has milk, so maybe even sold pups for spending money?
Who knows, and anyone that can dump their babies at a kill shelter so they can take a vacation are the lowest of low, so no telling what happened to her puppies. (Once again, if you cannot afford to take care of a dog and/or dogs, do not get one.)
The sisters were separated when I met them, across from one another. The brindle girl is definitely more afraid with all the strange noises, loud barking, etc. than the black girl. Of course her missing pups could also play into the picture.
We got the black girl out, brought her close to the door of the brindle girl,which lured the brindle girl closer, got the brindle girl to take some treats, etc. and then got both outside.
Before long we were petting and getting sniffs, and licks from her too. Her tail went from tucked to straight down as it should be.
Neither wanted to go back into the shelter, and although I think she would have done better to have been kenneled with her sister, the weekend kennel worker was not agreeable so they are again separated.
The look of fear in her eyes in the kennels is truly one of the most heartbreaking things you will ever see.
Please share these two sisters for rescue as the shelter is beyond full and they need out.
They did not deserve to get dumped so their worthless owners could frolic on the beach, much less die at the shelter.
Justice for Thelma and Louise
Please help us make sure Thelma and Louise did not die in vain (and those who died before them).
A shelter should be a place for animals to be safe and cared for, not terrified and murdered. These girls were not only betrayed by their owners when they chose to dump them at a kill shelter, a kill shelter that repeatedly continues to tell the community they are no-kill, but by the shelter itself. CCAC knew that the girls had rescue interest but they killed them without any regard whatsoever for their lives. A kill shelter that labeled them “people aggressive,” even though a complete stranger came in, took them out to evaluate them, took pictures of them with absolutely no issues whatsoever, and returned them to their kennels.
This is a kill shelter that continues to mislabel dogs as “aggressive” when there are photos and videos showing they are not. A shelter that chooses to kill dogs once taken from abuse cases instead of giving them a chance to finally know true love and a true home. A shelter that refuses to work with local rescue but instead does free adoptions with only a valid identification required, which has resulted in the deaths of at least three dogs, and one that returned as a stray and was put down a week later by the shelter itself. A shelter which does nothing to control the animal population by adopting out unaltered animals, even when dogs are in heat, which has resulted in returned adoptions with puppies. A shelter whose manager and director both care little about anything but the numbers, not the safety and welfare of the animals. A shelter that has had repeated dog fights due to broken latches resulting in the deaths of dogs, and/or dogs having to be taken to vets for emergency treatment over the weekend.
It is time the citizens step up and hold the county accountable to hire people who are compassionate, who want to care for these animals as they should be, and who will put the animals first, not what is convenient for themselves.
While we hear it is a thankless job, it could truly be one of the most thankful jobs if the person hired truly cared about the animals.
Thelma and Louise died at this shelter only hours after a volunteer visited them and had plans to return for them, never dreaming they would be put down, since the shelter was not at capacity, the dogs showed no sign of any aggression, and the volunteer had no issues handling both of the dogs.
While their bodies lie in a dark hole in the landfill, their memories live on, in our hearts. Rest easy girls, we will stand for those in the future so they do not suffer the same fate.
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