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Compassion Seeds, Inc. Animal Rescue Affected By Wildfires And Needs Your Help
April 16, 2009, 8:31PM MT
By Marti Lombardi
Rescue lost supplies and a handful of dogs and cats, but still managed to save most animals.
Rescue lost supplies and a handful of dogs and cats, but still managed to save most animals.
Last fall, a famous rescue story of animals with an elderly woman at a trailer in southern Oklahoma appeared on national news. Best Friends featured the story here: Read how Compassion Seeds, Inc. helped an elderly woman on a fixed income care for strays.
Now, Compassion Seeds, Inc needs your assistance.
The following note from Compassion Seeds was sent to the Animal Help department at Best Friends last Friday:
Today we had wildfires ... lost 4 cats and 3 dogs. We are staying up all night. The rest of the dogs were taken by people in horse trailers, or are in carriers or cages in on our trailers in case we have to make a break for it. We lost two pallets of food, a shed and fences, as well as some carriers that burned. Due to the rescue of Catherine’s dogs, which we had spayed/neutered and vaccinated, we have altogether still over 160 dogs, plus all the other animals.
Pray for us!
Karin
The follow-up email arrived Tuesday:
All the older dogs at the main place were returned and are okay. Our Foster home around the block from us has 65 more of Catherine's dogs. They also have 44 of our rescue dogs. We just took in six additional ones from the pound of Wilson.
Last Friday was very challenging. At 2: AM we took injured dogs to the vet, 35 miles from us. A puppy, that had broken hind legs and was scheduled with the vet the next day, was one of the dogs that did not make it on Friday. We also lost four cats that were scheduled to go to Arizona in the near future. We lost a stock trailer, two pallets of dog food, a lawn mower, all our spot on against fleas and ticks, 30 new dog carriers, a shed, five new dog houses and five new dog kennels.
A private citizen came with the bull dozer and rescued many of the dogs during the crisis. He scooped up everything that was on fire only 10 feet from the house, and then opened all the kennels and turned the dogs loose.
Many cows were burned around our area, because they did not have any water in their ponds, but our cows all survived, as well as our 32 year old donkey, giant pig and the rest of our rescued farm animals.
God Bless,
Karin
How You Can Help:
?Please consider donating to Compassion Seeds, Inc. The rescue group is a 501c3 charitable organization.
All donations are gratefully acknowledged and appreciated.
Compassion Seeds, Inc.
13423 State Higway 76
Healdton, OK 73438
?The organization also needs in-kind donations of supplies, volunteers who can build fences or sheds, or volunteers for most anything a rescue would need.
Contact Karin at cssanmls@yahoo.com.
Posted by Marti Lombardi, Best Friends network volunteer. Picture provided by morguefile.com.