This animal-lover has created the biggest critter sanctuary in the US [View all]

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There was a time when Leo Grillo believed he could get people near the deserts of Southern California to stop dumping their dogs and cats there. But he was wrong. Even after saving his first abandoned, starving Doberman-Labrador mix, Delta, in the Angeles National Forest nearly 35 years ago, any time he would travel along that highway he'd find more abandoned animals. "It sucks the life out of me. It's very, very painful," he said.

Grillo made a promise to do whatever it took to restore the animals he found to health and happiness. So he started the DELTA Rescue — Dedication & Everlasting Love for Animals — which today is home to about 1,500 cats, dogs and horses, on 115 acres, and employs 50 people, including a full-time veterinarian. DELTA, which was named a top-ranked charity by CharityWatch, is now the largest no-kill, care-for-life sanctuary in the country. Since the beginning, Grillo has funded it through his ability to craft compelling direct mail letters, but he told The Washington Post that DELTA will be finally joining the 21st century with e-fundraising. [Source]


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