There are two cats sitting in a box outside an adoption agency door in the rain. They are soaked, shivering, starving and will likely die. Nearby is a dog running lose. His owner brought him down to the agency but since the agency was closed, the owner just let him go and drove off.
The dog will wander for awhile, dig through some garbage and run out into the street where he might get hit by a car. A man calls the adoption agency phone number and leaves a message about three dogs left in a basement when the occupants left. He tells the machine that the house went into foreclosure and the occupants had no where to go, so they left the dogs with a note on the door, begging a good samaritan to take them in.
Dr. Saria
Unfortunately, the adoption agency is shut down. Due to dwindling donations and increasing hardships, the agency car of over 200K miles has finally broken down and the adoption agency’s operator is stranded. She has no way to reach the cats. No way to catch the dog. No way to transport the three abandoned dogs.
Yet the calls keep coming. Pets remain in need and the dominoes start to fall… every day that she is non-functional at least ten animals lose the chance at life because ROSE HOPE adoption agency is without transportation.
Hanna'sa Clunker
How can something we all take for granted be so essential? We drive our cars and complain about the gas prices, yet Hanna from ROSE HOPE would do anything to have the blessing of a simple vehicle to continue her vital, compassionate and desperately needed services. She can’t meet with potential adopters. She can’t pick up suffering animals. She can’t rescue pets from kill shelters and give them a second or third chance. She can’t get injured or sick pets to the veterinarian. She can’t get pet food!
I have spent my life devoting myself to animal care, yet I am humbled by the sacrifices this woman and her organization, and organizations like hers, make every day. It breaks my heart to realize how devastating the lack of a car is to her, to the community and to the animals that have only her for help. As such, all of us at Gold Coast Mobile Veterinary Service are devoted to helping her and ask you, the Connecticut community she serves, to help, too.
We are giving her the use of our eleven year old Honda Accord to use temporarily, even though it is far too small for her and will likely break down at any moment. We are driving to her for her veterinary needs and helping arrange transportation of any animals and supplies we can. But these are only emergency measures. What she needs is a real, reliable vehicle, so we are reaching out to you for help. She needs a mid-size SUV or minivan that can carry crates and animals and will not leave her stranded in the street where her current vehicle is still stuck.
The team at Gold Coast is willing to donate up to $3,000 for her, but we need three times that to get a good, serviceable used vehicle, or we need a car lot or a person to donate a vehicle. Can you please help her. Even as we go to print, ten more animals are being left stranded.
All donations can be remitted c/o Gold Coast Mobile Veterinary Service, attn: Rose Hope, PO BOX 2427, Milfford, CT, 06460
You can call us directly for additional information or to donate via credit card at 1-203-727-8600.
She desperately needs our help, and through whatever avenues we need to seek, we intend to make sure she gets it!
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Thank God for you and your crew Dr. Saria. What a wonderful thing you are doing. I will be sending a check today to help Rose Hope carry out their mission of saving defenseless dogs and cats.
I am confused as their Petfinder page says they have no shelter, only foster homes. So how can there be cats sitting in the rain outside the adoption agency door?
Please calrify this for us. Also, why is there no mention of this crisis on their Facebook page or Petfinder page?
Thanks
sorry..I meant please clarify
thank you. people must be sure this is legitimate before making a donation and it seems strange to me that none of this is mentioned on these other places in order to gain the most exposure.
if you can answer these two questions that would be very helpful
thank you
I vouch for the people involved in this fund raiser
Pets are dropped off outside the PETSMART where ROSE HOPE have their central adoption location and cats are dropped off there daily. Those cats are only an example of what she deals with every day. I’m not sure why Hanna has not put anything on her website/facebook page- she may still be reeling but I will advise her to do so asap. Thank you for being careful and checking before donating. It is extremely important to know what you are donating to in these days. Feel free to call her directly at 203- 597-1236 and you can certainly send funds to her directly. Since I have access to the press via my blog, I was helping her get this out as fast as possible and trying to centralize donations for her as she is swamped with so much to do. Rose Hope is a non-profit, long standing organization and her need for a car was mentioned six months ago in a previous post regarding Banfield and the withdrawl of their support for 50% reduction in vet fees. Since then, the car has deteriorated more and is now not running at all. Hopefully, a mechanic who called to offer his help will get it functional until we can get her a new car but Hanna desperately needs a vehicle now and we want to help.
Our groups website, rosehope.org was updated with this information the day after Hanna’s car died. I also put the link to Dr Saria’s article (with her plea and her efforts to get us help) on the front page. Please take a moment to check it out. Also, we are a 501(c)3 non profit organization so every penny donated is also tax deductible. We are a group of foster homes and pets are dropped off, tied to our mail boxes or left in our unlocked cars at all times of the day or night regardless of the weather. I had the heartbreak of finding a dog frozen to death while tied to my mailbox in the middle of winter. We do appreciate your need to be sure your hard earned money is going where you intend it but please understand that although we do not have a kennel facility we are no less a rescue/refuge than any other organization. Thanks for your comment. Thanks Dr Saria for all your doing to get us help.
I applaude you for helping them-I have seen first hand their dedication to the animals in their care. I am doing what I can do at my end but will also spread the word about their plight. Hopefully we can find a solution. Thanks