Yesterday was a big day in the beagle world. Our foster dog Spunky lost his mojo in a little operation, and had one tooth pulled while he was under. One of my friends joked that he lost about a third of his body weight too when he got neutered (for you farm kids out there, Spunky was kind of like a boar pig if you know what I mean). He was kind of sore when we brought him home last night but once he got some pain killers in his system he felt a lot better and acted more like himself. He went under two rounds of heart worm treatment a while ago and just finished his “low activity/low heart rate” period last week. Now that he is neutered he is 100% adoptable, and 100% lovable. I think he’ll go pretty quick. He is one of the cutest beagles Stacy and I have ever been around.
In other beagle news, the Triangle Beagle Rescue (the group through which Spunky is up for adoption) rescued 20 beagles out of around 200 animals from an animal research laboratory in Corapeake, NC yesterday. The lab was shut down because of inhumane treatment of the animals. The story was covered by the local news outlets. Here is a link to a story by WRAL which has a video embedded in the text story.
I’ve heard some of the background information as to why this place was shut down in emails that are sent to all of the TBR volunteers. I can’t believe how people can treat animals, especially dogs, so badly and still live with themselves. Anyway, I don’t want to dwell on the wrongs done. The good news is that 20 beagles are safe with TBR, and all of the rest of the cats and dogs that were there are now on their way to no-kill shelters and rescues all up and down the Atlantic Coast. Thank you volunteers, you were heroes yesterday!
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Edit: This story reminded me of a laboratory animal rescue a couple of months ago where 120 beagles were rescued from a lab. Here is a cartoon drawn on Draw The Dog about that story that is still applicable here: Independence Day – Inspired by 120 Beagles
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