On Saturday, June 25th, someone abandoned a small, sweet, flame point Siamese mix in the night drop at Dallas Animal Services.  She was friendly, but also understandably nervous.  She was also paralyzed from the waist down.  The caregivers at the shelter did their best to make her comfortable, but because of her injuries, she was scheduled to be euthanized after the requisite 72-hours if no owner came forward.  Molly DeVoss, a long-time Dallas Animal Services volunteer, first saw the kitty on Sunday – the day after she was abandoned.  Molly’s seen a lot of cats come and go through the shelter, which handles nearly 9,000 stray and unwanted cats each year, but something about this particular cat caught Molly’s eye. “She was panicked” Molly said.  “She’d turned her water over and couldn’t get off the wet paper lining her cage.  When I opened her cage to change it out...

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Molly & Jack are safe.  If you’ve been following their story, you know that the two blind Catahoula leopard dogs were surrendered to the City of Corsicana shelter back in August, most likely the victims of a breeder trying to breed two dogs with splotched, or “merle” coloring.  Knowledgeable breeders know that breeding two dogs with merle coloring can result in puppies that are blind, deaf, or both, but inexperienced, backyard breeders continue to do it.  In Molly & Jack’s case, they can both hear, but Molly is partly blind and Jack is almost completely blind.  Despite their rocky start, the two siblings have apparently adapted well to their disability – often walking shoulder to shoulder to help each other find their way.  In September, the Humane Society of North Texas came to Molly & Jack’s rescue, transferring them from the Corsicana shelter to a warm, comfortable, high visibility...

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Many of you probably remember the story of Jack, the stray dog who lived behind a local church for months while rescuers and animal services officers tried to catch him and get him help.   The neighbors fed him and did their best to keep him safe, but the church pastor threatened to shoot Jack claiming he was aggressive to parishioners – a claim no one in the congregation ever substantiated.  Eventually, amid the public outcry, pressure from the Dallas police, and the threat of a Sunday morning protest by rescuers, the Pastor backed down. It was four weeks later when a small but dedicated team of rescuers finally managed to nab Jack.  He was taken to Operation Kindness where he was given a bath, medical attention, a warm, soft bed and plenty to eat.   Over the last few months, Jack has been treated for heartworms, received extensive socialization and...

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You win some, you lose some, and some you win in totally unexpected ways.  That was the case with a young mamma cat I recently crossed paths with.  She’d been abandoned in late October outside a Dallas vet’s office.  The note attached to the carrier read "My kitty is pregnant and I can’t keep her. Please help her".  The veterinarians couldn’t keep her, so she was taken to Dallas Animal Services where they fed her and made her as comfortable as possible.  The very next day she gave birth to five tiny kittens.  Knowing the busy shelter was no place for a young mom and newborn kittens, the animal control officers at DAS put out a plea to local rescuers to see if anyone could help.  Elizabeth Bell of Southern Animal Foundation saw her photo (above) on Facebook and immediately fell for her.  Already bursting at the seams with...

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