EMERGENCY in Summersville, WV.

Nicholas County Shelter is overflowing. They are located in Summersville, WV 45 minutes north of Beckley, 1 1/2 hours south of Morgantown off of I 79, Hour east of Charleston, WV.

The contact  person for the shelter is Angie: 304-872-7877 at Nicholas County Animal Shelter
nicholasanimalshelter@yahoo.com, VERY RESCUE FRIENDLY!!!!!

It’s horrible.  Three hundred  miners are layed off and the Community is Devastated!! They can’t afford to keep their pets. 
On Sept 16th 11 dogs + 8 pups  came into the shelter,as well as neglect case from a man who is now in final stages of cancer and is dying.

They are begging for help.

I will help coordinate trasnport for anyone wishing to adopt.
There is no pull fee for rescues that wish to assist in helping our pets. 
Note: there has been no parvo, kennel cough or anything at this shelter for a few months.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

Shelter is going to try to set up a food bank and will gladly accept donations in order to help families keep their pets or delay animals going into the shelter. It will help buy time to find rescues for the animals at the very least.

To view pets in need of adoption please visit:

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WV30.html

NOTE: 7 year old altered, housebroken, pure bred black lab boy Beethoven is a shelter fav as are Dobie and Errie…..and black white pit mix Cheeke!….

A little 6-month-old pitbull/mastiff puppy was the innocent victim when a domestic dispute got out of hand in Fairfax, VA. Terrence G. Merritt, 41, and Latoya Grant, 24, were arguing and Merritt threw the puppy out a second floor window of the King Louis Drive apartment.

The puppy suffered a broken front paw in the fall and was taken by animal control for medical treatment. It will most likely be available for adoption soon.

Merritt and Grant were both arrested and charged with animal cruelty. They’ll be in court in October.

This is yet another case of domestic violence and animal abuse going hand in hand, an innocent victim paying the price. When you think about it, it could have just as easily been a child who was the victim. So for those of you who say “it was just a dog,” yes, in this case it was, but what about next time, or what about if there was a child there, who would have been the victim then? This is yet another reason why animal abuse needs to be prosecuted vigorously!!

The correlations between animal abuse and domestic and child abuse are well known and documented. Very often in cases of familial abuse, you also find animal abuse. This needs to be taken seriously. I don’t know how often this has to be pointed out for it to get through the thick skulls of those in law enforcement and our judicial system!! Animal abuse is not a joke or a game, it is often a precursor or in addition to violence against people. People who don’t think twice about hurting the most innocent and voiceless members of our society also often won’t think twice about hurting others, especially when they find out there is practically no punishment for their cruel behavior!

Source:

http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/another-example-of-domestic-violence-and-animal-abuse-hand-in-hand-two-arrested