Rescue Waggin

Rescue Waggin' saves dogs' lives (10/06/11)
This month, PetSmart Charities will celebrate the transport of the 50,000th dog saved through its Rescue Waggin' program, including 698 dogs and puppies saved in the past two years through Bedford County Animal Control and Shelbyville & Bedford County Humane Association...

Dogs go from the street to YouTube (04/10/11)
It sounds like a classic Hollywood story. One day, you're kicked to the gutter, and the next day you're a star. In this case, the hero of the tale wasn't kicked to the gutter -- he was almost killed by a car. The YouTube video he "stars" in is one designed to save his life...

Dangerous dives help prepare rescue team (02/10/11)
Most people don't think about swimming when it's 34 degrees outside and there's snow in the immediate forecast -- not even when there's a nice, warm, indoor pool available. And most people, when they do go swimming in the middle of winter in the indoor pool, don't do it in full scuba gear...

Labor of love (10/28/10)
It isn't a big, nonprofit agency. It isn't even nonprofit -- although it makes no money -- and it certainly isn't big agency. What it is -- is Lazy Acres Farm Equine Rescue -- the life mission of one woman alone. For five years now, Nancy Stevenson has been rescuing older horses, often damaged horses who might otherwise be on their way to a meat packing plant or some other ugly end. ...

Copper's ordeal: second horse rescued from icy pond (01/15/10)
For the second time within a week, emergency crews were called Thursday to rescue a horse from a partially-frozen farm pond. Copper was discovered in the pond on property belonging to Tommy and Tewaan Tucker off Anthony Road northeast of Shelbyville about 3:45 p.m., Tommy Tucker said...

Chester needs you: Puppy nursed back to health available for adoption (12/16/09)
When a mixed breed, 5-month-old puppy named Chester was spotted in a cage at Bedford County Animal Control, he looked like he was dying. Mange had overtaken his body, leaving only spots of fur and visibly raw skin. In this condition, he was unadoptable and would most likely be euthanized. But Kimberly Warren, a board member and volunteer with the Shelbyville Bedford County Humane Association, saw the potential in this little puppy and decided to rescue Chester and foster him back to good health...

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