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Past diary entries Doll's Diary Account by Doll Stanley, 6-21-2005 Dear Diary, I am so rushed that I almost skipped you. There is soooo much going on right now. I couldn't skip you though. That would make it as if the animals we helped this week weren't important enough to document. I have been madly (but in a "sound of mind" kind of way) working on our draft for this year's proposed legislation. Each time our coalition sits back and says "Yeah!" I think of something else to add. The wonderful vet that has helped us on the sly for years e-mailed to say that there were a few more technical changes that might be needed. We will get that info for him. We are presenting the draft to the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) tomorrow for them to look at and vote on Friday. Whoa! It's getting down to the wire. In the meantime, I have been working on a number of cruelty cases. Each case involved neglect, but one was due to illness while the others were the result of plain selfish laziness. CeCe and her daughter will be coming home today if I get this done and get to the vet on time. They were abandoned because of their guardian's illness, and no one thought to do anything for them. CeCe was doing okay because she was loose and got food at neighbors. Amelia, however, was emaciated and found eating a pup. Not so much disgusting as tragic! As it was late Friday evening, I was lucky to find Dr. Bailey at home, and he met me at the office to take the girls in. I rescued Shep on Thursday. Bless his heart, he too was the lucky one. Though not on a chain, we was very thin. The other two dogs were not so fortunate. One, a black Chow Chow cross, had crawled into his plastic doghouse to get out of the blazing sun. Of course, his house was in the sun, and his chain was so twisted that he couldn't untangle it to get into the shade. The other dog too was on a chain that was bound around two trees. He was so aggressive that we nearly had a mishap removing him. Doc is working with Shep so we can bring him home. Mr. Stafford has finally gotten to where he can get close to the last of the pups at his place. We have altered three adult dogs for him, and will alter the last two adults there as well as take in the pups. What a transformation. The man who 8 or so years ago wrote the Governor falsely accusing me of selling animals to laboratories because we had to seize 10 of his dogs and a number of cats now loves us. This time, however, we had to start by threatening to place him in custody while the pitiful animals he kept were removed. He agreed to help after that. As soon as he saw how working with us and Dr. Bailey made life better for his favorite animals, he changed from a fierce opponent into an IDA advocate. He really is a very sweet man who just saw blood when he thought that the dogs he was trying to help would be abused. Now he sees that the mange and malnutrition they suffered because there were too many of them was their real threat. I want to tell you more. Sharing with you is what I need, but our first duty here is to the needs of the animals. Talk to you next week. Doll |
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