Topic: Animal rescue

Animal rescue: New pure bred pinscher now part of the family

By Beth Robinson | August 23, 2008 |

My family adopted a rescued puppy and named her Sophie. I found her on petfinder.com, which has pets from local humane societies and shelters. My dog came from Jack’s Place which is about 50 miles North of Clarksville in White Plains, KY.

I haven’t had a dog in a long time. She is already part of the family. It only took two minutes for her to know she is lower in the pecking order than our 10-year-old cat Rose, but they’re starting to get along.

Someone abandoned or ‘dropped’ Sophie out in the country, despite her being a pure bred miniature pinscher. Most dogs left this way die from starvation. Bob and Christine operate Jack’s Place and are at their maximum capacity with adoptable dogs and cats. If you have room in your home and heart and would like a dog or cat, try petfinder.com before you purchase a pet. Ninety percent of pets taken to animal shelters are euthanized; there are just too many of them.

The kindest thing you can do for all dogs and cats is to have yours spayed or neutered. According to the Clarksville Humane Society, Clarksville kills over 90 animals a week because of over-population.

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Pale Face

By Debbie Boen | June 23, 2007 |

I knew the cat was still on our property by the almost empty food bowl that I put out each night.  For weeks I had sightings of him, usually at night.  

“Your friend is out there meowing,” David told me one evening.  The cat greeted me and let me pet him; he couldn’t turn around quick enough to get another pet.  His bones stuck out from being so skinny.  A noise startled him and he took off and hid. «Read the rest of this article»

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