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Shadow's Fund ~ PO Box 1472, Lompoc, CA 93438 ~ info@shadowsfund.org |
Happy Endings |
We want you to know that your donations make a real difference in the lives of animals. 100% of the donations we receive are used to fund the rescue, re-homing or medical care of animals in need. Below, is an update on those that your donations have helped. Thank you for your generosity. |
In April of 2009 we were alerted to 13 dogs in a small, rural shelter that were in immediate danger. Fortunately the shelter manager was sick on the Friday that they were to be euthanized. That gave us the entire weekend to work towards securing homes for as many of the dogs as we could. Thanks to the generosity and endless compassion of the animal rescue community we were able to secure homes or rescues for all of the 13 dogs. |
Wasco Shelter Rescue - Kern County |
Thanks to DAWG, The Penny Foundation, Labs & Buddies, Best Friends, Paw Parent and Barks of Love for stepping up and committing to a dog from Wasco. The dogs have all been pulled and transported (thanks to DeAnn Turner and Teresa Morrow for transporting) and some have already been adopted into permanent homes. |
"Kula" (pictured above and below ) was in a small, poorly ventilated and dirty shelter within 24 hours of her last day to live. Now she, and the other dogs from Wasco pictured below, are happily enjoying life outside the shelter. |
The Wasco shelter, like many rural shelters, has very few resources and could use support. They need donations of food, blankets, dog bowls, flea & tick medication and they can always use volunteers. Please let us know if you can help and we'll direct you as to how to do so. |
Boo Boo was found wandering the San Pedro Harbor area. This 10 yr old pit bull was emaciated and scarred all over his body. When he was brought into the shelter, they put him immediately on the redlist meaning he would be euthanised soon. The shelter did not bother to give him a chance to get adopted, after all who would want a 10 yr old, skinny and scarred pit bull? A volunteer felt she had to make an effort for Boo - even if only to let someone know that he existed. We received her plea and did not want this to be the end for this dog. Life had obviously not been kind to him thus far and we wanted him to have a chance to experience kindness, love and joy. |
We brought him home Halloween weekend (thus the name) and Alison Hansen agreed to foster him for a couple weeks. In that time, she began to put weight on him, took him for daily walks and runs on the trail and showed him that life isn't always cruel. Today Boo is a permenent resident of Shadow's Fund and is being fostered by a volunteer who loves him very much. He lives with a senior female pitbull named Precious and the two of them spend their days sniffing around the yard, napping in the sunlight and watching tv on the sofa next to their foster dad. Boo's bad days are behind him now and we love seeing his sweet smile everyday. |
Dude & Rocko When Hope's family dumped her at the shelter, this 13 yr old dog was not only malnourished, but pregnent. She gave birth the next day in the shelter to two puppies. The shelter did not have room to keep a mom and puppies so we committed to all three of them. A loving family fostered them while the pups were nursing. Once weaned, Hope went to live on a ranch with a wonderful lady and lots of other dogs and animals. She is very happy and will have a great final chapter of her life. The two pups- Dude and Rocko - have both been adopted and are very loved by their families. The youngsters will never have to go through what their mom experienced and they have a long and happy life ahead of them. |
Missy Missy lived the first year of her life on the streets with a homeless person. When Animal Control picked her up, she has a badly injured front leg - likely from an auto accident. Though she was sweet, friendly and loveable, families that visited the shelter kept walking past her cage. No one wanted a dog with a front leg that dangled from the shoulder down. Her time was up, and this sweet and beautiful 1 yr old dog was going to die simply because of her injury. So we pulled her from the shelter and immediately had several vets and orthorpedic specialists look at her leg. The consensus was that the leg needed to be amputated. Missy recovered wonderfully from surgery and ran and played the same as 4 legged dogs. She was fostered for several months by a wonderful couple who took great care of her. She now lives with her forever family who love her very much. She is a happy girl and will have a beautiful life. The best part is that she was adopted by relatives of her foster family - so she still gets to enjoy visits from the foster family she loves. |