It is a tragedy that his has been allowed to go on for this long but
it has and these people need as much help as they can get. Most
rescues might be set up to care for 10 to 20 dogs at a time and it
would now appear that the number of dogs involved here is about 160.
I can only imagine how overwhelming this has to be for those involved
but would encourage everyone on the list to consider helping however
they can. Even if you can't foster a dog or help with placement or
transport, consider making a donation.
PLEASE CROSSPOST!
This is Beth Riddle writing regarding a very serious atrocity that
has occurred in our state and in our little German Shepherd
community. A mentally ill woman was served a warrant on Dec 16th and
Dec 17th regarding the removal of animals from her property. The
first wave consisted of about 90 dogs and over 70 of them were
purebred GSDs. Last night at 11pm I received a phone call from my
colleague that had just finished cataloging the final pull from the
woman's house. 160 young GSDs , nursing mothers, pups, and just a
small handful were other breeds. The GSD community is shocked. I am
crying and shaking as I write you, because we worked so hard
yesterday to pull just the first 22 out of the shelter and get them
into rescue. Then as we were going to bed feeling pretty good, I
received this phone call. The holidays make finding kennel space
impossible. We are begging, we never beg, but we are on our knees to
former adopters, contributors, anyone who loves German Shepherds to
please help this huge rescue effort. The shelter cannot coordinate
the rescues, so it is a team effort consists of Northern IL GSD
Rescue, their founder and President is logging and cataloging the
dogs, Chicagoland GSD Rescue is digging up a couple spaces and on the
phone, Central Illinois GSD Rescue is contacting nationally and
coordinating transport, foster care, and will also be pulling some of
these angels. They are everywhere at the shelter. They are in cages,
kennels, tied to the walls, and though they were eating dirt, had no
food, are close to starvation, they just look at us and wag their
tails. It is absolutely killing us to see this. We could use money
for medical care, we could use puppy canned food and puppy dry food,
puppy pan to feed them in, crates, kennels and most of all space!
Anyone with a farm that could serve as a temporary M*A*S*H unit, or
shelter. I stress there is no where to go with these kids.
Transporters for national distribution. I can't even think. IF you
want to help, please call at 217-337-5832 or 217-377-7135 and we'll
figure something out. Thank you for your consideration.
Rick and Beth Riddle
Central Illinois German Shepherd Dog Rescue
Urbana, IL
http://www.gsdhaven.org