by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ If you’re an animal rescuer, chances are that you harbor rescue impulses toward human animals too. The same heart that can’t tolerate suffering in dogs, cats, goats, birds, or other animals will be wrenched by people suffering too, especially if they are loved ones. My mom Spunky Stella was one […]
With nothing more than compassion, which is always the most powerful weapon, they combat the overwhelming forces of apathy and sadism. Most rescuers are not wealthy. They have their own families for whom they must provide, and their own jobs where they must earn a living. They have their own needs and health issues. But day after day they witness misery in the streets, on the beaches, in the fields, and in the mountains. Being who they are, they cannot turn away.
by Paley Frances ~ We didn’t find her. She found us. Oh, I’d seen her before—a dark, thin shadow, first against the dull brown backdrop of the nearly frozen field, then as a sleek black silhouette on the brilliant December snow. Not every day at first, but then more regularly, she came to our lower […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Conversations with fellow dog rescuers have turned up some common themes regarding our pledges to the new year. One very common theme is that we’re not very good at keeping these kinds of pledges. Nevertheless it’s time to wipe the slate clean, start afresh, and give it another go, as […]
by Paley Frances ~ Even a year after my cross-country move to Vermont, I was still homesick for Los Angeles. I missed my friends, family and animal rescue compatriots. During one of my frequent visits back home, I was asked to speak at a protest against a Beverly Hills pet shop that sold dogs, allegedly […]
