New update on Barchiel! Formerly known as “dog living on a mattress”
15 Mar
Remember the posting about the pup living on a mattress? It has been a few weeks since I first saw Barchiel on an empty lot in Pharr Texas. My friend Joyce Fields, was there to help me out getting the word out on Barchiel. She had the time and patience for me to explain her all that had happened in one single day and explained to her my intentions to have the dog rescued. If you did not read the first article by Joy you can read it by clicking here: Stray dog living on a mattress needs help.
Since then, many things happened once he was picked up by animal control. My friend Joy Benson has been with me from the start and she did not give up on Barchiel till he was picked up. The Animal Control of the City of Pharr Texas were helpful in telling us that he had been picked up and sent to Palm Valley Animal Center. The bad news that we did not know was that the animal shelter has a policy on not placing any pit mixes available for adoption. Being so close to the border with Mexico there is always the chance of the dogs ending up in dog fighting rings. Joyce Fields wrote another article asking for people to help him out.If you missed it you can read it by clicking here: Update on stray dog living on a mattress
Joy and I called to the animal shelter in order to talk to them. I have to thank to all the kind people that picked up our calls. Thank you for your kindness and listening to us. At the end of the 3 days of hold…we received news that Barchiel would not be put to sleep. He would be placed on hold till he found a rescue to take him in. He got his first vaccines and he got tested for Heartworm…unfortunately he did test positive for heartworm.
The shelter asked that in order for Barchiel to be placed in a rescue it has to be a registered rescue. There is limited transport…He has a ride to San Antonio, Houston or Austin at the moment. The treatment for his heartworm and he still needs to be fixed. Joy Benson, Joyce Fields and I decided to start online fundraising. So far we are close to $500! Thanks to great people that have donated and want to help Barchiel. What he needs now is to find a rescue that will be willing to give him a chance and give him a vacant place in rescue. He is a good boy, very timid, but he does not respond aggressively when people show him affection or touch him while he eats. He is getting socialized at Palm Valley Animal Shelter.
This are some of his details:
age: two yeas of age
sex:male
color: tan / white
The following is the description given by the animal shelter:
He is just about 2yrs old, HW+, and weighs 62lbs. He is now tested and vaccinated. He is a little timid but not aggressive.
He takes food just fine in a bowl and shows no food aggression when adding more to his bowl, or taking away. He loves to be loved on.
He likes neck rubs and is staying close on his little rug. If you can help pull him to a rescue organization (501c3) OUTSIDE OF THE RGV
If you can help this sweetheart that has no fault for being abandoned and left to fend for himself, please contact us! We are here to help!
All rescues that send a message will be vetted by us in order to find Barchiel an appropriate home.
email of Joy: jfbenson@sbcglobal.net
email of Nellie: Nellie Zamora email at nelliezamora@msn.com. She is rescue program director for the facility.
My email: liliana@montrealdogblog
Please if you would like to do a kind donation to help out Barchiel please click here
We would also like to ask for you to like the FB page of Palm Valley Animal Shelter they are a group of kind people that want to change things
in the RGV Click here
We have named him Barchiel…it means angel of compassion. We have all being guided by compassion to help out this little guy
If you read this posting…I pray you can help him out. Please share his story.
There is always room for one..I see by his coat he must be a stray,
The untidy look gives him away.
He’s lost his will and is so thin,
Hasn’t eaten since God knows when.
I know as I coax him through the door,
There’s always room for one more.
The other night in the freezing rain,
That little female came again.
Matted and soaked, crying in need,
Lost and alone with babies to feed.
Her pleading eyes I couldn’t ignore,
There’s always room for one more.
There’s a new face on the docks today,
Hungry but clean, to our dismay,
I stroked her head, her body rippled,
When she got up I saw she was crippled.
She started to go, but fell on the floor.
There’s always room for one more.
There’s the poor doggy standing in the rain,
I’ve tried to entice him time and again.
One ear is lopsided, the other’s been torn,
Blind in one eye, lost and forlorn.
He’s coming now, so I’ll open the door.
There’s always room for one more.
– Unknown
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Gordon Shell, The Dog Fighter
10 Oct
Hand4Paws really appreciates the work being done by Gordon Shell, MMA fighter turned fighter to help dogs. His documentary, The Dog Fighter, is scheduled to be released next month, and this great film needs more exposure. We are asking our friends who care about dogs to please contact CNN and Ellen DeGeneres, asking if they would interview Gordon Shell.
Gordon Shell’s story was shared on the iReport site for CNN. Although it has over 1,000 views and recommendations, it was never chosen to be aired.
You’ll see what we mean when you read more about Gordon Shell and watch the trailer for The Dog Fighter: http://www.examiner.com/article/mma-fighter-gordon-shell-begins-a-new-fight-saving-detroit-s-dogs
Would you please help Gordon Shell (and dogs everywhere!) by sending an email to CNN and Ellen via their online contact forms:
CNN story ideas: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11e.html
CNN Anderson Cooper: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10
Ellen DeGeneres: http://www.ellentv.com/be-on-the-show/10/
Thank you, and please share this! When we work together, we can do amazing things!!
Here is a sample letter:
Please consider interviewing Gordon Shell. His documentary The Dog Fighter is scheduled to be released in November 2012.
The Dog Fighter is the inspiring true story of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Gordon Shell. When a medical condition threatened to end his career as a fighter, Shell didn’t back down, but continued to fight. This time, however, the fight was for a different cause: the homeless and abused dogs of Detroit. The documentary covers the transition Shell made from MMA fighter to The Dog Fighter. Shell states “I started pushing harder since I’m a fighter and work with fighters. I think we have a bigger voice to go after the bad guys.”
His is a great human interest story. So many people are interested in the things Gordon Shell is doing for all animals. When his story was published in the online article below, it went viral. Although his documentary depicts what happens in Detroit, it portrays the reality of many cities across the United States as well as the whole world. He is a great human being working for a great cause, helping man’s best friend.
He is especially against dog fighting. In his own words: “I’m fighting. So the dogs don’t have to.”
Please watch the movie trailer in this article: http://www.examiner.com/article/mma-fighter-gordon-shell-begins-a-new-fight-saving-detroit-s-dogs
Thank you for your consideration.
Neglected Dog Found Alive in Trash BagAdd your thoughts here… (optional)
Disposable Lives – by Jordan Fox
14 Sep
Disposable Lives – by Jordan Fox
Enter a dungeon, lined with cages and stink–
Prisoners await their number to be called,
These numbers replacing names and dignity.
Matts of hair and bandages line the corner sink.
If birth means promise, then theirs is forestalled.
Their eyes no longer appeal for your pity.
These sounds now defining their universe:
Yelps, and whimpers, and pale, simple breaths.
Food plates abandoned, as are thoughts of hope,
Their birth no promise, instead struck by curse.
They seem to know they’re awaiting their deaths,
Their acceptance their only means to cope.
Their final walk is to a box which kills,
Their parents still freezing in puppy mills–
An evil the lowest of men contrives–
Now they’re just disposable lives.
Once they were thought so cherished a treasure;
Once they were bought, given assurances of love.
Once they were forced to fight in a Hellhole;
Once they were worth more than sick pleasure.
Once they were thought of as gifts from above;
Once they were considered possessing a soul.
Now in this dungeon, a chamber is set;
Now in their cells they witness each drag
Of one of their cellmates into the next room.
Here, in this chamber, they defecate and wet
Before piled corpses are tossed in a bag
Because no one came dispelling their doom.
Their final walk is to a box that kills,
Air withdrawn, but not before each shrills
Their own dirge like sounds of scraping knives,
All bred to be disposable lives.
©2012 Jordan Fox
Open Petitions Sponsored by Hand4Paws September 1, 2012
1 Sep
- Justice for Bubba And Bear! http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-bubba-and-bear?share_id=fsjELPRuJA&utm_campaign=action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Take Action So Other Animals Don’t Suffer Like Davis! http://www.change.org/petitions/take-action-so-other-animals-don-t-suffer-like-davis?share_id=UJyfIairSZ&utm_campaign=petition_page&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Maximum Sentence for Darrell Montese Overton, Nicole Phillips if Found Guilty of Cruelty to Animals, Abandonment to Animals. http://www.change.org/petitions/maximum-sentence-for-darrell-montese-overton-nicole-phillips-if-found-guilty-of-cruelty-to-animals-abandonment-to-animals?share_id=SgvYDAzoaS&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Consider calling an end to entertainment with animals. http://www.change.org/petitions/chairman-and-chief-executive-officer-consider-calling-an-end-to-entertainment-with-animals?share_id=kzJJrBsxOK&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Maximum Sentence for Darius Ewing for Setting Dog, Justice, on Fire http://www.change.org/petitions/maximum-sentence-for-darius-ewing-for-setting-dog-justice-on-fire?share_id=ckShxBkWaF&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Justice for Sonny, PA Cat Shot with Pellet Gun and Nearly Drowned http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-sonny-pa-cat-shot-with-pellet-gun-and-nearly-drowned?share_id=fJDXkwgQXr&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Justice for drown puppies in Jacksonville, NC http://www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-drown-puppies-in-jacksonville-nc?share_id=nDsWemszMR&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Salem NJ Puppy euthanized after severe beating, Maximum Sentence for Raseem McNeil. http://www.change.org/petitions/salem-nj-puppy-euthanized-after-severe-beating-maximum-sentence-for-raseem-mcneil?share_id=HjElcFFAXY&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter
- Memphis Animal Services, DO NOT euthanize ALL pit bulls w/out putting them up for adoption, Spay/Neuter & work w/ rescues to SAVE them. http://www.change.org/petitions/memphis-animal-services-do-not-euthanize-all-pit-bulls-wout-putting-them-up-for-adoption-spayneuter-work-w-rescues-to-save-them?share_id=vSVILgmeVC
- Prosecutors: Justice for Francis, Dog starved to death by owner in Camden City, NJ. http://chn.ge/uxWaCE
- Demand Changes be Made at Shelter that Dumped Live Dog in Landfill http://chn.ge/qX6Cp7
- Governor: Make Bestiality Illegal in Connecticut http://chn.ge/oHTTr4
- Protect Animals From Being Raped and Make Bestiality a Felony in Ohio! http://t.co/k2gTdDa
This sickening article from the Huffington Post sheds light on the politics of speciesism and how Romney (a dog abuser) cynically chose Paul Ryan for his vice presidential candidate due to his bloodlust for killing animals and the points this would score with conservatives and the NRA. So those in this society who grow up learning it is acceptable and good to kill animals either become serial killers or Representatives and vice-presidential candidates, among two top career options. The quotes from Ted Nugent are as choice as can be and elevate violence and murder to the realm of spirituality and a fine art. Once again, the American people are presented with a stellar cast of talent to chose from as to who will best represent the interests of corporations, the military-industrial complex, the national security state, and the transnational elite.
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When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan…
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