Category Archives: Rescue

Witch Hunt Against Elderly Couple in the UK

Ok, first I have to apologize to my good friend, who is actually a witch, for using the term “witch hunt” but really, sometimes it is just the right term to use.
Seems an elderly (73 year old) couple in the UK is being harassed and bullied by animal rights activists in an attempt to get […]

And another one bites the dust…..

Not a dogfighting ring, or a cockfighting ring, but a rescue. An 18 year old one, in fact. 18 years of saving animals from kill shelters, giving them a second chance. That deserves a medal. But what it gets is an arrest.
This is why, rescuers, you don’t allow adopters into […]

Just how “humane” is the Austin Humane Society, anyway?

So, Monday this was posed to Austin Rescue (with permission to crosspost):
PERMISSION TO CROSS POST
Last Friday Bev Gainer (GSD Rescue of Central Texas) and I took an
emaciated young female Cattle Dog mix and her 6 nursing pups (about 4 weeks
old) from a woman who was unable to care for them. Bobbi, the mother dog,
had lived […]

From RPOA - more on Littleton Incident

TX-RPOA E-News
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization,
not “animal rights” and, yes, there is a difference.
Permission granted to crosspost.
March 2, 2008
The email below is circulating among many elists and is confirmed to be true
by an RPOA member with English Setters.  The recently […]

Colorado - City of Littleton Seizes Dogs from English Setter Rescue

On Friday, February 15, 2008, the founder of All Setter Rescue, Bob
Attleson, had the doors at his residence physically kicked (rammed) in
and ‘HIS’ dogs [English Setters], seized by the City of Littleton. He had one 18
month old male, three of his champion bitches and 4 nine week old puppies. The
dogs were taken with a court […]