Our Rescue Team members are a group that work quietly in the background of Col. Potter, searching internet sites like Petfinder and PetHarbor daily, looking for Cairns in shelters, in need of help. It is a very difficult job emotionally, to see the faces of so very many needy kids, and know that most have no chance, no hope. It can be very disheartening, yet they carry on every day for the good of the cairns that CP can help.
They find cairns that are safe in shelters, Humane Societies, ASPCAs and will be adopted out by the facility that has them. They find cairns that are safe in rescue groups. CP often cross posts these kids to give them more exposure. Occasionally, one of the Team members finds a listing for a cairn, often misidentified, that really does need help, and needs it immediately - because the facility they are in is high kill - giving them only minimal time as required by law, before euthanizing.
A few days ago, one of our PetHarbor searchers found a possible cairn girl in a shelter, known to be a horrible place for any dog. This shelter is one of the very worst.
We've been told that if dogs aren't reclaimed or adopted right away, they will have 90 days to be adopted.
The reality is much different.
Most get sick and die in the first two weeks.
Dogs are regularly euthanized because someone didn't see the hold note in the computer, or just from mix ups. Any dog that appears to have a disease or illness will immediately go down after their legal hold (and sooner if deemed necessary).
Things are really bad at this shelter. One of the shelter volunteers told CP that she came back after a week and at least half the dogs had been euthanized, including one that she was asking to sponsor.
A local CP volunteer was able to go to the shelter to check on this girl, and do an in person identification, as she had been listed on PetHarbor as a 'tan and white Scottish Terrier mix' by the shelter, and the picture taken of her was not great. While at the shelter, our CP volunteer spoke to four volunteers, and all said to get her out as soon as possible, and to just hope we were lucky enough to be able to pull her in time.
The 'tan and white Scottish Terrier mix' was in fact a cairn. The next morning, our volunteer was there at the opening of the shelter, to be sure we could get her out, if she was still alive. Luck was on her side, as she was there, and safe, and now is FREE!
Our volunteer wrote:
Majella was in one of exercise yards, running around and playing. She appeared to want to show the bigger black dog that arrived while I was there that she was boss, but they ended up just playing. She was friendly to me and the volunteer, and let me look at her teeth. She was a citizen turn in - most likely found by that person as a stray.
Majella was named after St. Gerard Majella, Patron saint of expectant mothers.
Majella is very lucky to have another chance at a wonderful life, thanks to the wonderful workings of all the volunteers of CP and our generous donors!
Welcome Majella!!
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