Lurker, what does a sponsorship to a shelter usually cost, a couple hundred? What if GB took up a collection to get a local pit rescue to go to the ACC and sponsor them out of there. TA could find the local pit shelter and give us the name to directly donate.
I'm in for $50.
It's whatever you and others donate really. Some shelters like Second Chance Rescue, all you have to do is contact them and give them the info of where the dogs are located and the story behind them and they will arrange for a staff member to go there when the hold is up and retrieve them. Or they will have volunteers who will provide transportation for the animal. SCR does a LOT of work on breaking down the stereotypes of pitbulls with the public. (But they do handle other breeds as well). SCR has saved lives from all over. They have retrieved dogs from FL, GA, SC, NC, TN, etc.. and placed them in various foster homes in other states. They have provided medical care for nearly all the ones they have rescued that needed it with their funds and with some vets doing pro bono work.
The most important thing is to get them out of ACC as fast as possible. The ACC usually decides which ones go on the euth-list based on two factors. The condition the animal is in and the temperament/attitude of the animal. (Which directly influences the BE test.) In many cases this is unfair because the animal winds up in there in less than ideal health and they are often scared/injured/terrified of where they are, the people trying to help them, the other animals there and nonstop noise. Some are in good shape when they arrive but that quickly changes due to stress or common contagious diseases like kennel cough and mange. Both which equate into a shorten stay and life for them there.
The two that I support are :
Second Chance Rescue
Hope For Paws
But any shelter out there that is rescuing animals and matching them with fosters or forever homes deserves support. The facilities of many of these shelters (if they even have one) is very small. So finding foster parents is very important or having pledges that are enough to pay for boarding until they can find the space or family is crucial. A lot of people don't understand how fostering a rescue operates. You ask them and they say things like "oh I don't have time for a dog" or things like that. Maybe not year around, but a week or two every few months isn't too much to ask for. Just to find a safe and quiet place for the animal to recover and/or heal so they can have a better chance of being adopted later.
