Sunbear Squad Tip Of The Week
Ponder Cove is a very nice dog friendly B&B located in Asheville, NC. Martha, the owner, has a few dogs and one of them happens to be a hunting dog that showed up at her door after being abandoned in the woods. This week’s tip is definitely something to keep in mind if you live in a rural area.
Watch Tip Week of Oct. 25:
Watch and listen for stray hunting dogs in rural areas during the hunting season, where some are coldly abandoned for poor performance.
Here’s another story about a few abandoned hunting hounds, it was submitted by a reader of Sunbear Squad.
An ice storm was bearing down in the southern United States and a pack of 3 adult Beagles and 5 puppies were sighted in a rural Arkansas forest. Concerned animal lovers sent numerous emails to locate a rescuer who could take immediate action to save the dogs, and two compassionate women rose to the challenge.
It’s not like they didn’t have anything else to do that day. Desiree had successfully lobbied for felony animal cruelty laws and had just been informed of the law’s passing, and Carol worked full-time. But later in the afternoon, after learning of the ice storm coming, they gathered their gear and drove 45 miles to the woods where the dogs had been sighted.
And they found the dogs waiting near a plastic tarp tent and food that a caring Good Samaritan had fixed up for them. That’s not all they found…shotgun shells littering the ground near the dogs were a testament to cruel hunters who were shooting at the abandoned dogs.
Carol and Desiree managed to load all eight Beagles into their vehicle and drive them back to town, where Little Rock Animal Village and Care for Animals, two animal rescues, immediately took them into their adoption programs. Thanks to these kind people, the Beagles had warm shelter, food, and affection that cold, stormy night and beyond. Bless their brave hearts.
Abandoned hunting dogs perish daily of exposure and starvation all across America. Please help them whenever you can. You’ll be in good company. Thank you Desiree and Carol!
Read more rescue stories, click here.
I feel sick to be of the same human race as the scum who abanbon ANY animal. My anger knows no bounds.
Let me get this right… we have a a right to Arm Bears yes ??? I am all for that.
I hope the hunters( they arent true hunters,,, they wouldnt behave as this scum do) I hope the SCRUM freeze in dire agony from shotgun wounds from other hunters…
SNARLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL