No Coffee-Fetching Involved: A PETA Intern’s Day Helping Chained Dogs

[Omaha Steve]

Let the anti-PETA crowd take all the pot shots at this they want.

http://www.peta.org/blog/coffee-fetching-involved-peta-interns-day-helping-chained-dogs/#ixzz3HHXy17In

Written by PETA | October 17, 2014
The following is a guest post by PETA intern Ashley Rose.

When I agreed to accompany PETA’s fieldworkers on one of their daily trips to find and help chained dogs and other neglected animals in rural Virginia and North Carolina, my ride-along partner, Vicki—a seasoned pro—warned me that I’d likely encounter some animals who were in very bad condition. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I don’t think anything could have fully prepared me for what I saw and experienced that day.





Almost all the dogs we helped were suffering from flystrike, a maddening and painful condition in which flies bite dogs until they’re bloody and sometimes lay eggs in the wounds, producing maggots who eat away at the dead tissue. A pit bull who wasn’t even a year old was suffering from what appeared to be ringworm, a fungal infection that invades the hair and hair follicles. Her hair had fallen out in a circular pattern, and parts of her skin were covered with scabs and sores. And one house we visited had a raging flea infestation. All four dogs on the property—Zeus, Angel, Shocker, and a puppy named Pixie—were teeming with fleas from head to toe. Zeus also seemed to be suffering from anemia, and Angel was very thin.

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Full story at link: http://www.peta.org/blog/coffee-fetching-involved-peta-interns-day-helping-chained-dogs/#ixzz3HHYLAk6P

[FLPanhandle]

1. I approve of this PETA activity

The minute they try to push their vegetarianism on me, then they can go fuck themselves.

This I approve of.

[Omaha Steve]

2. I'm a meat eater too

Always will be.

[FLPanhandle]

3. I would even donate to this cause

If I could guarantee that not one penny would be used for their other activities or staff salaries.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Give it a few days I'll see what I can find out

And thanks.