Rescue Me Houston

From Deborah Hoffman that leads this great effort....

Its been a long time since I sent out an update regarding our activities in the Corridor of Cruelty. Many things have happened and many animals have been rescued since my last update in July. Many volunteers have joined us and many donations have come in to help the dogs rescued from the Corridor. Our army is growing every week. On a regular basis, I receive emails and phone calls from people in Houston that want to help and from folks all across Texas and even from other states and out of the country - all interested in doing what they can to end the abominable suffering taking place in the Corridor.

THANK YOU to everyone who forwards my emails - THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS - this is how we have continued to save many, many more dogs from a life of pain and hunger on the harsh streets off I-59 & Little York. THANK YOU to everyone who has donated for these animals’ medical care and boarding arrangements. THANK YOU to the many fosters that are working with these dogs and rehabbing them so that they can one day be placed in permanent homes. THANK YOU to the many groups that have worked with us and taken in dogs and cats from the Corridor. THANK YOU to our feeding station volunteers. THANK YOU to our transporters. THANK YOU to our volunteers that attend festivals and educate folks. THANK YOU to our volunteers that visit our dogs in boarding. THANK YOU for our friends that donate food and coordinate food drives. THANK YOU to our media contacts that continue to promote our efforts. THANK YOU to the various clinics that help our animals. And last but not least…..THANK YOU to everyone for their prayers….never under estimate the power of this! The entire thing began with a single prayer…. that I am sure of. I can still remember the day and time I turned to Him and begged for help for these animals…….

Since July 15, 2009, THIRTY THREE more dogs and puppies and one cat have been RESCUED from the Corridor. That makes 116 SAVED since August 2008.

REMEMBER that SNAP is also playing a HUGE part in decreasing the misery and suffering in the Corridor. PETCO has funded another set of 4 mobile clinics in the Corridor and the first of the series was held on October 19th - 40 animals from the Corridor were sterilized!!!!! That makes an additional 128 animals in the Corridor altered since the SNAP clinics began there earlier this year.

116 + 128 = 244 Animals NO Longer Reproducing in the Area!!!!

Below is a list of the 33 animals rescued since July, and attached are their photos:

CHUVA Sadly this girl left this world. Corridor Rescue tried to save her from distemper, but she was too far gone….rescued from the end of a chain in a constant state of twitching… L

JOEY Thank you Julie with Annie’s Angels! (ADOPTED)

SYDNEE In the care of Corridor Rescue. Thank you Sharon for fostering!

Sydnee’s Pup 1 Thank you Julie with Annie’s Angels!

Sydnee’s Pup 2 Thank you Julie with Annie’s Angels!

WILLOW Thank you Yvette with Clipped Ear Cat Sanctuary! (sorry - no pic)

AMY In the care of Corridor Rescue (ADOPTED)

ANDY In the care of Corridor Rescue. Thank you Lynn for fostering!

GILLIGAN In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad. Thank you PupSquad for your continued assistance with the abundance of Corridor puppies!

GINGER In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad. (ADOPTED)

SKIPPER In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad.

SPIRIT Awesome job on rescuing/rehabbing by independent Karen Guerriero. (ADOPTED)

MOMMA Patricia & I spent a Sunday trying to find her puppies. We had rescue lined up for this family but we never found the pups L The business owner took in Momma.

SUNNY Originally under the wing of Corridor Rescue, then we sent him to a wonderful sanctuary in California. He started heartworm treatment last week. Eventually the tumor that looks like a giant, slimy oyster in Sunny’s ear will be removed.

TROTTER In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad. (ADOPTED)

TAZ In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad. (ADOPTED)

QUECHA In the care of Corridor Rescue.

SPENCER In the care of Corridor Rescue. Thank you Cheryl for fostering!

REGINA In the care of Corridor Rescue. Thank you Priyanka for fostering! This girl was left behind after her family moved out - they came back to work on the house and feed her every couple of weeks L

6 PUPPIES Thank you Vicky with AARF! Abandoned in a box behind the Sak n Save L

White SHEP Thank you Analyn’s co-worker for saving and giving this beauty a home!

CHARLIE In the care of Corridor Rescue. If you haven’t seen his story…PLEASE email me for updates!

CORA Thank you Leslie with Scout’s Honor Rescue! Another dumped behind Sak n Save.

Mr. T. In the care of Patricia with Corridor Rescue. Being adopted thru PupSquad.

RIDGE PUP 1 Thank you Bobbie with ETOSHA Rescue!

RIDGE PUP 2 Thank you Bobbie with ETOSHA Rescue!

WALDO Thank you Joyce with SAFEHOUSE Rescue!

FIONA In the care of Corridor Rescue.

As always, donations are needed to help rescue and continue caring for dogs from the Corridor.

Our clinic accepts phone-in's by credit card or mail checks payable to:

Abbott Animal Clinic

17006 Sugar Pine Drive

Houston, Texas 77090

281-893-5000

OR you can donate via Paypal at: www.paypal.com to debbzweb@yahoo.com

For the Animals,Deborah Hoffman -Corridor Rescue

If I did not send out this email, I just couldn’t live with myself…….I have to try and get them help……Please forward this message.

There is an area of town just east of I-59 off Little York. Its about a quarter mile strip of road that I call the Corridor of Cruelty and Neglect…..you can veer off to the left or right at any point and find much of the same EVERYWHERE – pain and suffering. It is overwhelming and hard to leave the area without tears in one’s eyes. I’m writing this email in hopes that a few or alot, or even one person will go to this area and rescue a stray dog. There are many and they are always there. You will find mixes and purebreeds of all kinds: boxers, labs, shepherds, pitbulls, bull dogs, rottweilers, dalmatians – mostly larger dogs. But you’ll also find small ones and plenty of puppies too. Some have mange, some have broken bones, and some are pregnant. Some are emaciated and ALL ARE HUNGRY. Some will come right up to you and some will run the other way. They live in wooded areas and travel through the ditches and across busy intersections. They get hit by cars and keep on going…..they scrounge in the few parking lots there are for food scraps. They don’t want to live like this. They are scared and lonely. They want to be saved and have a home.

If you drive down Little York east from I-59, you’ll come to a railroad track. Hang around there for an hour and you will find someone to rescue. If not (for some unusual reason), proceed further east on Little York and stick around the Auto Zone for an hour or so. Or start off on Langley – the street that runs beside the Home Depot just off the I-59 feeder and south of Little York. The undeveloped streets off of Langley are a favorite dumping ground for the people in this area. Here they throw away trash and animals on a regular basis. If you are the least bit patient, you won’t drive away empty-handed.

I’m BEGGING for help for these animals. Apparently the dividing line for the county and city Animal Controls is Little York and I wonder if that means that sometimes these poor lost souls don’t even have the chance to be euthanized and put out of their misery. I live across town. I don’t want to go out there but I do. I have rescued 7 dogs over the past one and a half years from this area. I know that’s not many but if another person, and another, and another can just go in and get one more out and safe…..its one less in that area adding to the ever growing desperate and suffering population there.

So if you are a rescue group that can “squeeze just one more in”, or if you are that co-worker that’s been wanting to help a homeless dog, or if you are the independent rescuer that just had a few successful adoptions and can take on another, or if you are that pet owner whose loved one just passed on and you need a new friend, or if you are a Good Samaritan that needs a good deed to do, or if you are a person with influence that can figure out a way this city can solve this HORRIBLE problem……please go by and see my friends….your friends that need you……

I’ve attached photos of 4 dogs that have gotten “out of this hell” in the past week. Let’s make that number 40 or 400 – it can be done. I wouldn’t be sending this out if I didn’t believe that. I know more has to be done and that rescuing these animals is just applying a bandaid on the problem. I know that the answer lies in the passage of spay/neuter and other laws. I know our Mayor and city officials have to get involved if places like this will ever get cleaned up. If you drive through this neighborhood….everywhere you turn are sad and neglected dogs in backyards chained to posts, to trees, to sheds, to fences. It is the most HEARTBREAKING THING I know of right now……….While I was out there this past Saturday and Sunday looking to rescue a momma-to-be and others…..my 12 year old daughter was beside me. She summed it up well when she turned to me with pain and tears in her eyes and said….”Momma, the SPCA needs to be called on this whole neighborhood………” Yes dear, yes it does………