Help for all the dogs in the pound

[Darkhorse]

I know that this isnt in the dog section but I wanted to post here so lots of you saw it.

There is a local charity in Yorkshire called Rain Rescue www.rainrescue.co.uk who try and get as many dogs out of the council pounds as they can to prevent them from being PTS.

They do a fabulous job and I myself have been to the pound and fostered dogs until we find them a nice new home - The pound is a very sad place.

They are holding a Christmas Raffle to try and raise much needed funds, there are some great prizes that have been donated. The tickets are £1.50 each and can be purchased through the website http://www.rainrescue.co.uk/raffle.htm The money raised is used to pay for boarding for the dogs who are brought out but have no foster home and to pay for vertinary attention, coats, food etc.

The pounds are fit to bursting and because of this more dogs are due to be PTS so if anyone could spare a few quid to help this cause I know that they would be very grateful.

If there are people in the local area that would be interested in fostering then that helps them get even more dogs out. If anyone would like more information please PM me.

Thank You for reading and I will leave you with a poem that I saw recently, be warned though it is sad.

Remember me this time of year!
( A Christmas Plea from the dogs in UK pounds )



Remember me this time of year
In this pound with death so near
Not in a home where I should be
Loving others who love me

I am so sorry to beg and plead
To make you aware of my need
But if I do not desperately try
After 7 days I'll probably die

Alone inside and terribly confused
Lost, abandoned or abused
Do I deserve this terrible fate?
Help me please before its too late!

My days in this pound are flying by
My eighth day here I could die!
Put to sleep without a name!
Because no one cared and no one came!



I want to love, I want to live,
I want to play, I want to give,
I want to be in a loving home
I want a name and to be known

Often healthy I have to ask why
Is no one saying we shouldn't die?
It seems to me a shameful waste
My life destroyed in such haste

I do not want my last day to be
Held by a stranger injecting me
I have no say, I have no voice
Only you can make that choice

When the needle of death is in my leg
I have lost my chance to plead and beg
Lost my hope to tell you why
It's so wrong to let me die.

 

[Luci07]

I have been involved in dog rescue - when collecting 2 staffies from a yorkshire pound to a lovely rescue (rescue remedies) in Surrey and all my staffies have come through rescues.

I will do this - I am in awe of all the work that the volunteers do for their rescues. Anyone who would like to see a bit of the "behind the scenes" and understand how hard rescues work, how much money it costs and how stretched they are - log onto rescueremedies.co.uk - and onto their daily diary - astounding...