I attended a meeting last night organized by Tracy Voss. She's the incredible lady who has made it her mission to video the dogs at the Brooks kennels and get them out to the public. She's saved a lot of lives, but like many rescuers all she can think about are the ones that she didn't save. The traffic on her YouTube site has increased dramatically and she is now getting requests from people all over the country to adopt or rescue the dogs that the fine people of San Antonio have thrown away. Tracy has come up with a great plan to organize a network of rescues and transporters across the country so we can save as many lives as possible. After last night I'm confident she has assembled a wonderful group of volunteers from all areas of the local rescue community that are going to help her make it happen. It's not going to be easy, but she's motivated and her enthusiasm is contagious so onward and upward we will go!
On a side note, I was very disappointed that no one from ACS attended the meeting to offer their insight and suggestions even though several key people said they would be there. It would seem this is a program that should be of interest to them. An ACS Advisory Board member finally showed up as the meeting was wrapping, but rather than add anything helpful she snootily mumbled quietly to me (who had the misfortune of sitting next to her) about why certain suggestions wouldn't work or how she had come up with that idea for her organization years ago. It made me think of one of my favorite quotes by C.S. Lewis, "A proud man [or woman] is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you."
Below is a link to Tracy's videos. This is only a fraction of the dogs that are put down every day. If you know animal lovers in other states that could volunteer their time to help with transports please let me know. We need a network of angels across the country to make Tracy's vision a reality and save more of these precious pups.
Dogs on Death Row
