In Mississippi, 109,000 homeless pets enter shelters and of these 73,000 are euthanized.1 This does not even take into account the number of animals that are never rescued and live miserable lives on the street. The problem is so big. The shelters are over filled, and it is a thankless job.
We have been very fortunate to work with some wonderful organizations; Grass Roots Animal Rescue and Aberdeen Animal Shelter among others. We are lucky at RBF to have a small kennel and lots of land so that we can foster dogs from such great places. Because we're suckers, we also pick up dogs on the side of the road and keep the ones that get dropped off at the farm until we can find them homes. We've had short fosters and long fosters, foster successes and foster failures, and had our hearts broken.
We cannot save them all, though we certainly try. However, we will continue to help one puppy at a time. Please help us find homes for these wonderful dogs! And please remember, spay or neuter your pet!