It was a really busy weekend for Operation Safety Net. We rescued four dogs that belong to homeless men that are their constant companions.
In the case of Felix’s pit bull, she had been in the shelter because she bit someone, a provoked attack, where they live in Sycamore Park. A long time breeder, he didn’t want to spay her. When we told him “no deal” he made the right choice, had her spayed, we paid all the fees, had her microchipped and they will be reunited today when he picks her up from the vet where she was spayed.
On Saturday morning, I went over to the South LA shelter with Wolf, who lives on 60th Street with three dogs. Three dogs is a little too much to handle for one man living on the street, so we agreed to take the two long time dogs, Dude and Princess out and return them to Wolf’s spot. Marla, his recent street rescue would be coming into our kennel after she is spayed and heals up. Tears of joy, from a man who has been living on the street for ten long hard years. The dogs are all that he has in the world for companionship and protection. He felt very vulnerable without his dogs and wow, they were so happy to see him when he got them out of the shelter! Everyone is now licensed, microchipped, has dog houses, fully compliant.
Without the suport of donors for Operation Safety Net, none of this would be possible. Total paid out for these two rescues was over $850. None of the dogs that we bailed out would have been adopted, all are large breed dogs and of the four dogs, three were pit bulls.