Dogs transported by ARF arrive in New Hampshire
Less than a third of the animals who come into the city shelter in San Antonio are released, according to the San Antonio Express News. Virginia Davidson and Greg Kidd are giving more of them a chance for lives with families by taking them up North where at least some shelters don’t have as many animals as they have requests to adopt, the Express News reported.
Davidson and Kidd moved to Connecticut this year and have been back to San Antonio twice to pick up dogs.
Alamo Rescue Friends (ARF), Davidson and Kidd’s organization, partners with San Antonio’s Animal Care Services (ACS) and no-kill shelters in New England.
“When you’re packed to the gills,” Lisa Norwood, spokeshuman for ACS told the Express News, “It’s hard to imagine there are places that need puppies and kittens.”
The city of San Antonio paid for the first trip to the North, which moved eight dogs 2,000 miles closer to forever homes in June. ARF used mostly its own funds to transport 16 dogs to New Hampshire in August. Eighteen humans saw the dogs off on their journey on August 31, according to sapaws.com. ARF’s Facebook page says they arrived September 2. The latest Twitter update says that five dogs were adopted Sunday.
ARF hopes to take 30 dogs North in October but needs donations to pay for the trip.
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Oh my gosh – that is so sad to hear that there are so many in Texas dat they has to be shipped elsewhere to maybe get adopted. Good article friend.
Thanks, Mario! Keep an eye out for our next report on the shelter situation in Texas: networks of humans moving shelter pets all over within the state too!
Even closer to home for me is the City of Seguin Animal Control a small over crowded municipal shelter that gets lost in the shuffle. The Guadalupe County Humane Society is our local “no kill” shelter that seems to steal all of the public thunder, while the city municipal shelter and the county animal control facility receive no press, donations, or help.
As far as I know, I am the only rescue volunteer pulling from the city shelter, taking them vaccines and medications, and asking weekly “do you need anything?” I would hazard a guess that maybe 1 cat in 100 makes it out of there alive, and as for dogs, maybe 95% or more are euthanised. And lest we forget, this is a gassing shelter, meaning they use suffocation as a way to control pet over population.
I would like to see a grass roots movement to help the shelter improve its adoption and save ratios. Also I would like to raise funds and awareness to send our ACO’s to school to perform humane IV euthanasia.
Closer to your article: I have participated in Yahoo Groups Hwy 35 and Hwy 10 transport groups, also deemed the UNDERDOG RAILROAD, for many years. Networking is the answer for sure. I have helped place Labs on the eastern seaboard where they are popular pets, tiny lap dogs in New York, and hunting breeds in the southern states. Without networking to continue to move these pets, all would be lost.
Thank you for bringing light to the subject.
Thank you for this article, I never realized shipping them to other shelters would be a very good option. As you read this article, ask yourself if you can help, maybe help with being a “leg” in the transport operation – getting an animal across your state line to another person like you. This help chain will not save all the animals, but it may make a “life-saving” difference for a few. All it requires from you is a little gas and an automobile.
Amber, Thanks for adding so much information and for all the work you do to help out the shelter animals.
We are researching a story on networking efforts within Texas and will soon have an article.
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