Stamps to the Rescue

Our local SPCA has been undergoing a house cleaning of sorts and disinfecting its main kennel area. As a result, the dogs who usually live there are being housed in temporary shelters around the area and lots of incentives are being given to encourage people to adopt these dogs.

I thought of this when I read the account in USA Today by reporter Sharon Peters of accompanying the founder of Stray Rescue, Randy Grim, in St. Louis on his rounds. As she describes their travels on a day when they rescued three dogs, I realized how dedicated these rescue workers are. True the story takes place in St. Louis, but it could be anywhere.

The three dogs rescued in the story all had been abandoned and were in need of veterinary care. But they all should survive and hopefully find new homes. One, a puppy, was actually reunited with one of his litter mates, so that is a happy ending in itself.

The St. Louis Stray Rescue organization is a model of success. In its 12 years of existence, the non profit has rehabbed and found homes for all but 10 of the 20,000 dogs they have rescued.

20,000 dogs in 12 years. That is a lot of dogs wandering the streets, most of whom don't realize that it is their lucky day when they get picked up by Grim and his fellow workers.

Buy some of the new stamps being issued at the Post Office on April 30 and touted by Ellen DeGeneres and you will be helping rescue organizations continue to do their good work.