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Being from Detroit myself, I know the bitter cold of winter and the roughness within the city.....family pets have alot against them should they be cast out onto the "Dead" streets. Economy there is horrendous and the shelter budgets are even worse. Homeless pets in Detroit are running in the 50,000 range and out of that comes a huge number of homeless Pit Bull type breeds - and sadly, whether good, bad, or otherwise are almost immediately euthanized. Bad Rap Blog states that "City policy will not permit Detroit Animal Control to transfer Pit Bull type dogs out to even the most highly qualified shelters or rescue groups. Nope. Not one." Which leads us to the story of a dog, named “Ace,” who was found emaciated and broken at an Ace Hardware store in Detroit. Though thousands stood up to save him, he was put to death because of "policy" despite an apparent restraining order that attorney Corbett O’Meara said was presented to city officials. Environmental health officials said they never received the order. Though unfortunately too late for Ace, Sharon Selter of www.Care2.com shares an amazing story of newhope for many of these unwanted and wayward little souls and sheds a bright light on Ace, one amazing woman from afar and one of the best things to evolve in my home town since I left many years ago. Sharon Seltzer, January 4, 2012
Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR) was founded only nine months ago by TV producer Monica Martino and hip-hop artist Daniel (Hush) Carlisle, but the group gained national attention for trying to stop Detroit Animal Control from euthanizing an emaciated Pit bull dog that wandered into an Ace Hardware store in early November. When DDR heard about the dog, aptly named Ace, they raced to the hardware store trying to beat Animal Control to the scene. They knew Animal Control had the authority to euthanize 100 percent of the stray Pit bull dogs seized in the city. Unfortunately officials had already arrived. DDR tried to have Ace released from the pound and even got a temporary restraining order to keep him alive during a five day holding period, so his owners could be located. Thousands of supporters, including those from Care2 rallied for Ace to be freed.
Ultimately DDR was unsuccessful in its efforts and Ace was euthanized on November 10, but the group found a friend in their mystery donor. Carlisle said news of the gift started with a phone call from a California woman. She explained that she is a “fellow dog rescuer” who is suffering from a life-threatening illness. Then she said she was turning over $1.5 million in stock options to the non-profit rescue group. “She just kind of nonchalantly, very humbly, just rambled off very quickly, ‘I just want you to know that we’re going to do this very fast and it’s just going to be a quick transfer of stocks to you guys. You should have the million dollars overnight,’” Carlisle said. “And I was like, ‘Excuse me? Did you just say a million dollars?’” Carlisle said the woman wished to remain anonymous. ”This donation is just the beginning,” Martino said in a statement. “While Hush and I were working on the streets of Detroit, we saw firsthand the true scope and scale of the stray dog situation. This problem in Detroit is an epidemic and the system that is in place to control it is broken. The first step is to build a no-kill shelter.” Steve Pardo of the Detroit News reports, "This is the best thing that we could have hoped for after they euthanized Ace," he said. "He did not die in vain," said attorney Corbett O'Meara Detroit Dog Rescue estimates there are 50,000 homeless. dogs in Detroit. |
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Franklin family’s dogs taken by animal officer, placed with new owners
FRANKLIN, Maine — Last fall, the Warren family had two Golden Retrievers, Bella and Jake, that were considered integral members of a household which includes four young children. Now the dogs have been placed with a new owner somewhere in New England after they took off from the Warrens’ yard in early November and failed to return.
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