Currently, I've been receiving news alerts of their campaign to not only build a newer and better environment for these rescuees, but they are "going green"!! -- an endeavor I am sure we can all respect and get behind. Additionally, they are "thinking outside the cage" (as they put it) in an attempt to make their organization and location more sustainable and affective as a place to encourage safety and adoption amongst their rescued animals.
The whole project is really quite incredible, and the details of their new Center is almost mind-blowing! This will really be a place where the animals can feel safe and almost "at home" as they live not in cold, chain-link pens, but in "home"-type environments, where they'll be more likely to behave in their natural temperament and personality (thereby, hopefully, allowing for more and better-fitting adoptions :)
(photos borrowed from <http://giving.hssv.org/site/PhotoAlbumUser?AlbumID=5153&view=UserAlbum> copyright & thanks to HSSV.)
HSSV is also going to continue with their all-proceeds-help Pet Store and with their incredible Veterinary resources, but will also be adding doggie daycare, grooming services, and even training and education centers!
It's all really quite exciting, and I hope they'll be successful in raising their necessary funds. Animal rescue is an important endeavor, and I think too often we forget how helpless and scared these animals can be out in the world on their own, or in homes where they're abused. It is a wonderful gift to bring a rescuee home and know that you're making them happy, safe, and giving them the love they deserve. For my own part? I can't imagine not having my husky-mix Sasha around the house. She is a joy and an amusement and a wonderful gift~
So...
do your part! help in whatever way you can, be it adopting, donating, or just buying some food or toys for your friend's pet at the HSSV pet store (cause all proceeds DO go to the society and their mission for the protection of these animals).
Wow this is amazing! Its crazy how everybody is going green even the puppies! But the part about how they are going to make the dogs areas more like a "home environment" is so great. Whenever my family has to drop my dog off at the "doggy hotel" when we go on vacation or something, she behaves much more calmly, less nervous, and much friendlier if she is placed in the "home" rooms as opposed to the cages. So I think this is a great idea, especially for the animals who didn't have a home in the first place :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that putting the animals in homelike environments is a great idea. I think that this rescue center is going in the right direction and it looks like they really care for the animals they take in.
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