Maureen and Cassidy Ryan cuddle with their new family addition,
Jones, adopted Saturday
at the Putnam Humane Society
CARMEL – There wasn’t a dry eye at the Putnam Humane Society
Saturday when two beautiful dogs, destined for death and rescued from
an animal shelter in North Carolina, were delivered to the Carmel shelter
where they will be placed for adoption.
` Michele Dugan, president of the Putnam non-kill shelter, noted since
2016, the Humane Society had saved the lives of 36 hounds from North and
South Carolina.
One of those hounds, Jones, brought to Putnam County in August, was adopted
by a Carmel family.
The latest rescues from North Carolina were to be euthanized due to a
lack of kennel space in the flood ravaged south.
A non-for-profit, Shelter Friend, obtains sponsors for the abandoned dogs.
Dugan said the group’s organizer, Sylvia, visits county kill shelters
in the Carolinas and takes the dogs if she has someone willing to take
the animals. “All we have to pay is the transport fee and sometimes
that is donated as well.”
Dugan called it a “great feeling all around. This is a win-win-win!”
‘Champ’ and ‘Sally’ arrived in a large temperature-controlled
truck owned by Scott and Lynne of South Carolina, owners of Save Them
All Pet Transport.
The vehicle contained a dozen dogs and Carmel was the second stop made
by the philanthropic animal lovers who had visited the Boston area earlier
in the day.
When the mixed breeds were walked down a ramp on the truck, tears filled
the eyes of those in attendance.
Moments before, Maureen Ryan and her daughter, Cassidy, took home Jones,
the hound rescued last summer and brought to Carmel.
Maureen said she and her family had adopted a German shepherd from the
Humane Society in 2008. “He passed away in June and Barney told
us from heaven to go back to the Humane Society and adopt a distant cousin
from where he came from. The society staff recommended Jones. We fell
in love all over again and today we are taking him home.”
Cassidy, a 7th grade student at the George Fischer Middle School, said
she was “so happy to have Jones join our family.”
Dugan said hounds make wonderful house pets. “It’s so sad
because in many cases these wonderful dogs used by hunters are tossed
away like trash once the hunting season ends since it’s cheaper
for the sportsman to buy a new dog in the spring instead of caring for
it once the season ends.”
After Humane Society staff bid Jones good-bye, Maureen and Cassidy led
their new addition to the family’s car where he jumped into the
rear seat and was on his way to a new life.
‘Champ’ and ‘Sally’ will follow suit in the weeks
to come along with other dogs once they become available and space permits
at the Humane Society shelter on Old Route 6 in Carmel.
