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Join Our Sponsorship Program 

You can help a needy animal even if you’ve already got a house full. You can sponsor a dog or cat or a pig for $30 each month. Makes the perfect gift. We’ll send you or someone you designate, a framed photograph of “your” special animal, his or her story, and a payment booklet for your convenience. We now have chickens, goats, and turkeys added to the sponsorship list! Only $10 per month supports chicken or turkey and $25 sponsors a goat. Pigs, dogs, and cats cost a little more…and no, we do not open a personal bank account for every animal! The money goes into our general operating account to care for all the animals. It’s a fun way to help us help them.

Donate your old car or truck to SARA for a tax break! This really helps us. We’ll pick it up. Just email sarasanc@swbell.net 
 

Adoptable Companion Animal of the Month: 
Puppies and Kittens

Adoptable puppies and kittens available- all colors and shapes. Email for details sarasanc@swbell.net

Permanent Resident of the month:  Patron and Son!

These two gentle giants were destined for the "scales" or to be slaughtered once they were no longer wanted as herd sires by a long horn breeder in Sattler, Texas. They were purchased by SARA supporter, castrated, and later brought here. They are big lumbering guys who are friendly and are currently sharing quarters with the goats until we complete their newly donated enclosure.

What a World, What a World - or What the Hell is Wrong with People?

By Joshua Coman Index-Tribune Staff Writer

5.4.04 - One of the two men convicted for his part in killing a Kenwood horse by running it down and hitting it with his car is now seeking a new trial.

Guido-Silva was convicted of animal cruelty, trespassing, hit-and-run driving and vandalism by a Sonoma County jury on March 23 after a 2-1/2 week trial. He was acquitted of a conspiracy charge in which prosecutors argued that he and co-defendant Liobijildo Guzman Herrera chased the horse with the intent to kill it.

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Letters to "Loos-er" who sells his favorite horse to be slaughtered for $280
- So much for Greener Pastures! 

Trent Loos writes in his guest opinion "Out to greener pastures," May 18:
"Joe was my first working cow horse and he was awesome. I sold him when he was 22 and every time I saddle up to work cattle I think about how much I miss him. One of my fondest memories was returning home to a message on the answering machine that my bull was out with a neighbor's cows...

I finally bit the bullet and sold him for a whopping $280. (Apparently and proudly to the slaughter plant)...Most importantly, no one is mandating how your horse leaves this life so why should you tell me how mine should be allowed to die?"

Editor's note: Apparently, anybody with a sense of decency!

One of Ten letters against the slaughter of Joe, the workhorse:

So, let me see if I understand you, Mr. Loos. Joe was an awesome horse. You loved him enough not to try to ride him the last year because he was too stiff and sore. In addition, you acknowledge that he had worn himself out dedicating himself to the mission of supporting you. Therefore, in gratitude, you sold that poor, pain-filled horse for a "whopping $280" to a killer buyer.

Your horse got forced up a slippery metal ramp into the bowels of a double-decker truck and had to crouch on stiff, pain-racked legs, crammed in with other horses on a long, thirsty ride to a slaughter plant and off-loaded in agony.

Looking for you, he saw only strangers that forced him down a chute into a box and left him swaying on those same, stiff legs until they shot a bolt into his head enough times for him to fall down and wait to be hoisted by a leg and have his throat slit.

The only thing I can say is that I'm sure glad you don't love me! Your sentence about "Horses, like man, will die and death with a purpose gives full meaning to life" scares me half to death. I'd hate to be your worn out mother, grown old in dedication to my mission of raising you.

Carol M Chapman
Hitchcock, TX

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Some Good News:

Blind Dog rescued from Lagoon

By Connie Seastedt - Times correspondent

PEKIN -- Some early morning walkers had more than just a leisurely stroll around the lagoon Monday: They helped save the life of a blind dog.

The male beagle mix dog had somehow ended up in the chilly waters of the Mineral Springs Park lagoon and couldn't figure out how to get to dry land.

The man who rescued the blind pup just had to reach in and get him; he was close enough to shore that no one had to actually get all the way in the water. "It sounded easy enough but it turns out these rescuers actually had to pull the dog out three different times. He kept getting back in," Elliott said.

Aside from being cold and confused, Hoyle said he was in good condition and just kept moving his head around trying to figure out where he was. "That water is so cold even though the weather is getting nice," Elliott said. "The dog had to be freezing."

"If no one does claim him I really hope someone adopts the dog because he needs and deserves a good home. Just because he is blind doesn't mean he can't be loved and a part of someone's family like any other dog," Elliott said.

Hoyle said they will hold the beagle for five days to see if an owner comes forth. After that, he will be up for adoption.

Steer Escapes Slaughterhouse, Takes Refuge In Garage - Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

NEWARK, N.J. -- A steer that escaped from a slaughterhouse and took refuge in the Newark garage across the street got a new home, WNBC-TV in New York reported.

On Monday, the animal headed for the Popcorn Park Zoo, an animal rescue shelter.
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