{"id":1055,"date":"2017-12-08T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/pet-projects-local-rescues-need-our-support\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T20:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:03:58","slug":"pet-projects-local-rescues-need-our-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/pet-projects-local-rescues-need-our-support","title":{"rendered":"Local Rescues Need Our Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virtually Pets<\/h1>\n

Animal advocates and rescuers may not agree on everything, but they have one thing in common: unadulterated passion for animals and their welfare. People who haven\u2019t been personally involved in pulling an animal from the shelter the day before it\u2019s ready to be euthanized or grabbed one in horrible condition off the street, sat up all night bottle-feeding newborns and bearing the heartbreak of having one or two of them die anyway, or crouched in the shrubbery with a cat trap and a can of sardines may not have an idea of the stress and expense that the rescuer experiences.<\/p>\n

What is obvious to everyone, though, are the \u201cgraduation photos\u201d\u2014a sleek cat or a well-groomed dog that\u2019s been spayed or neutered, gotten shots, and fitted with a microchip. Gee, rescue looks like fun, you might think.<\/p>\n

There is certainly an element of fun, but it\u2019s mostly hard work, frustration and scraping for funds to pay for medical procedures and food. And finding fosters, too\u2014nonprofit rescues depend on volunteers and private homes to house the cats, dogs and rabbits when they run out of rooms in the house.<\/p>\n

Then there are the people who, with the best intentions, find a cat or a dog and figure that the rescue will gladly take them in. Or the ones with intentions that are less exemplary who decide that instead of abandoning their no-longer-wanted pet to the shelter, they\u2019ll prove their humane soul by abandoning it to the rescue. That\u2019s what they\u2019re for, right?<\/p>\n

Nope\u2014rescuers aren\u2019t state-run orphanages that get a stipend for each critter they take in. The only coin each has is having made sure that every abandoned, neglected or mistreated animal never has to go through any suffering again.<\/p>\n

This holiday, when you decide which charities to send a gift to before year\u2019s-end and tax time, please choose one or more of these organizations (in alphabetical order\u2014no favoritism shown). Don\u2019t forget our shelter. If your budget is tight, then volunteers and fosters\u2014particularly fosters\u2014are badly needed. And if you can, do both.<\/p>\n

Donate to Any of These Rescues<\/h2>\n