Hi folks,
I know this is EXTREMELY off-topic, but I really want to do what I can to help this place so please forgive me for this one-time post about things other than movies or television. Also, if you're in the DeKalb, Illinois area, TAILS also need folks to work at the hangar during the day doing things like walking the dogs, cleaning cages, etc. Thanks for reading further!
For those who don't know of the situation, this lady got busted for having 200 dead animals & 300 living animals at her place and is being charged with animal cruelty, among other things. TAILS is this phenomenal organization that volunteers to help pets so they need any help they can get themselves with this sudden deluge of surviving animals. Normally, I wouldn't pass appeals for donations to places along, but they're desperate for help due to taking all these animals in. The ones that survived this lady, that is! Thank you for reading further, if you decide to do so!!! :)
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Below this plea, I have posted 2 articles to explain what has happened, but the TAILS Animal Shelter has taken in over two hundred dogs and cats from an animal abuse case in Rochelle. They are caring for these animals at a staging area in a hangar at the DeKalb Airport. The animals are being fed and groomed and readied for adoption or foster care, etc. They're also receiving medical care and immunizations, etc., which has put a large financial burden on the shelter.
I have worked with TAILS since its inception and I'm organizing a drive to gather together the materials that it takes to care for these animals in this emergency.
They especially need bedding--old towels, blankets and comforters and newspapers.
They also can use:
feeding bowls
paper towels
dish soap
toys for dogs and cats
rawhides
litter (not scoopable) and litter pans
They also could use donations of any size to help pay for the cost of caring for these animals.
The address is:
TAILS Animal Shelter
2250 Barbar Greene Road
DeKalb, IL 60115
THANKS VERY MUCH from the animals!
ARTICLES FOR YOU TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS:
Humane society asks for help with animals seized from Lee County property
Associated Press - October 16, 2007 11:24 AM ET
DeKALB, Ill. (AP) - A DeKalb animal shelter is asking for volunteers and donations as they try to care for more than 280 malnourished dogs, cats and birds that were seized from a northwest Illinois property this weekend.
The animals are being cared for in an airport hangar and officials with the TAILS Humane Society say many are dehydrated and infested with fleas.
Some of the animals need emergency medical treatment, but others are in relatively good health.
About 200 dead animals were also found at the home of 65-year-old Barbara Munroe, who remains in jail on animal cruelty charges.
In court yesterday, Munroe insisted she did nothing wrong.
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Woman pleads not guilty after more than 200 dead animals found in home
October 16, 2007
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCHELLE, Ill.---- A Lee County woman pleaded not guilty to 10 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and not caring for her pets, four days after authorities found more than 200 dead animals scattered on her property, stuffed in the refrigerator, strewn across floors and packed into barrels.
Barbara C. Munroe, 65, of Rochelle insisted Monday she had done nothing wrong. She was held in the Lee County Jail on $35,000 bond.
Munroe's house reeked of ''ammonia, decaying flesh and feces,'' said Lee County state's attorney Paul Whitcombe. The Lee County Health Department condemned her rural home Monday.
Authorities estimate that about 300 animals were alive on the property, including 160 cats, 105 dogs and 35 birds, along with about 200 dead cats and two dead dogs.
''That's just an estimate,'' Whitcombe said. ''A lot had deteriorated to the point where it was hard to tell whether you were looking at two, three, four or 10.''
There was no telephone listing for a Barbara Munroe in Rochelle. It was not immediately clear if Munroe had an attorney.
The TAILS Humane Society was caring for the animals at a temporary shelter at the Taylor Municipal Airport in DeKalb. TAILS executive director Beth Drake said 12 of the dogs were to be euthanized because of aggressive behavior.
Authorities searched the home Thursday after Munroe failed to bring 35 of her dogs in for a rabies vaccination. They said they found animals kept in cars and many animals dehydrated and malnourished.
Authorities said they have been unable to find any of Munroe's family.
''We want to be sure animals are cared for but even more important is preserving the life of this lady,'' Whitcombe said. ''It seems she was trying to do the best for them. But she fell short.''
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