7 stray and abused animals turn into beloved pets: Before and after pics

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17. Thanks for posting this, it can never be said enough. There are way too many animals in shelters

who would make wonderful pets, but don't get the chance. I had one dog and one cat. Two years ago, I took another dog from the shelter that nobody else wanted because she's deaf. She's turned into an absolutely amazing dog. I met wonderful people who worked at the shelter then and have kept in touch and donated my services for their fundraisers ever since. Last year, one was unjustly fired for doing her job, so two of them started their own rescue.

Now I have three big dogs and four cats. The third dog, a white Husky, was in a shelter and listed as "too busy" to be adopted and had to go to a rescue. I asked my rescue friends to pull him for me and he was a great dog within 24 hours of being here. I have a kitten who was left in a plastic grocery bag on the front porch of one of the rescue people, I have a huge grey cat who was found as a stray with barbed wire wrapped around and embedded in his front paw, too. Someone was feeding him for months outside in their yard without bothering to take him to the vet and get the damned barbed wire off until it was so bad that he needed two surgeries. The things people do to animals shock me sometimes, but I am lucky enough to know an entire circle of friends who spend their lives rescuing them and I am so glad that I do because my house and my life are filled now.