Doll Stanley

Hi Everyone,

Here's an update from Project Hope. It is a sunny day and that is really saying a lot. The struggle through rainy days of animal care and investigations has been trying. Mud! Mud is everywhere. It turns simple chores into projects.

Our own home office's Lynn Pauly arrived last Tuesday and left early Saturday. What a delight to have a kindred person about. She is a delight - pitched right in with the most unpleasant of chores. She came at a really poor time for photos and video, but it was such a perk for me.

Bob and Robin Crumpton, formerly of the Tupelo Lee Humane Society, greatly aided us the past few weeks. They have worked some of our North Mississippi cruelty cases that I have been unable to get to. Most cases involved horses. All but one has been resolved.

Puppy and kitten season are here and it is depressing. People are asking us to take in dogs and cats that we have no room for. We are in desperate need of at least 3 more equipped enclosures for dogs. We have been asked to take in 3 wolf pups. They too risk euthanasia without a place to go. We are seeking help with our building project, and foster homes to aid some of the animals we might be able to care for as we place others.

News from the legislative front is promising. Our seizure bill passed the State Senate and the House, however the House tagged on language limiting the species of animals that could be seized. This makes no sense, and throws us into having to fight uphill again next year if this language is ratified. We are working on getting this corrected without losing our progress of removing the 3-day warning to offenders.

While Lynn was here we had a doggie puzzle to solve. Someone in a red jeep brought a Basset Hound and left her in one of our portable pens while I was gone. I nicknamed her Buttercup. She was miserable wanting to go home. We had no idea where she came from - just that the man in the jeep told a contractor who was here working, that the dog wondered up to his house and he did not know what to do with her.

Lynn was so upset for Buttercup. She hoped that her family would be located before her departure Saturday. Yes! Friday morning a couple who helped us with the rescue of two starving dogs showed up to say he had brought Buttercup, and since discovered who her family is. Snoote was whisked away to be reunited with the Williams. Coincidentally, Jack Williams aided us with two cruelty cases over a year ago. Who would have dreamed that Snoote, AKA Buttercup, would bring together old friends.

For those of you awaiting the update of the Project Hope website with our friends for adoption - that should be happening soon. Lynn managed to take photos of some of our dogs and cats. It wasn't an easy task. Rain, wiggling excited bodies, and all the other tasks at hand limited her success. We will follow up soon with the images she couldn't capture. A woman from Holmes Jr. College has agreed to come to take photos. She is scheduled for tomorrow, but it is still too muddy for her to be ale to work effectively. Soon! Very soon!

I am going to say bye for now. I have some pressing calls to make. We are aiding with another group with the hopeful closure of a pet shop, and the arrest of it's owner. Our legislative effort is critical, plus other calls, and a cruelty case I must investigate this afternoon (more horses). I just heard from Sheriff Gray of our County. He successfully removed cattle from an absentee "owner" who was neglecting them. We aided with advice, and commissioned a vet to aid.

Until next time, God be with you.

Doll