By: Jill Monahan, Board Member, Foster & Social Media Coordinator, and foster mom When I first visited Bald Knob Animal Shelter back in 2013, I experienced a sort of culture shock. We were told stories of teenagers pouring vodka down a puppy's throat and placing him in the road...
By: Fiona Gerety Volunteer, adopter, and foster mom It’s still dark out when our alarms go off. Exhausted from traveling and our first day at the West Memphis shelter, we pile into a large van and drive sleepy-eyed to Pine Bluff Animal Control Center. There is a different mood...
By: Jessica Teng Volunteer, adopter, and foster mom Bright and early this morning, we started off the trip with a bang at our weekly transport, where we send dogs in Arkansas foster homes on the rescue road to Boston to find their furever families! It is both a...
On our fourth day of our trip to Arkansas, we visited the Warren animal shelter. The day started out with about a 2 hour drive out to the country where Warren is located. A tree covered dirt road led us to a small 3 sided...
Written By: Kelli Leahy Assistant Director, Home Visit Coordinator, Member, Board of Directors Last Hope K9 Rescue “My mission is to rescue. My dream is that one day, I won’t have to.” Day 3 is officially in the books! We had the opportunity to visit not one, but two...
Written By: Jill Monahan Foster Manager Secretary, Board of Directors Last Hope K9 Rescue It’s the morning of day 3 and I’m just getting around to writing our first blog post…it's safe to say we’ve been busy! Our first day was spent at West Memphis Animal Shelter, and if you...
Written By: Krystal, Database Coordinator On Saturday a group of us spent some time at Benton Animal Control in Benton, Arkansas. This was the largest shelter we visited, and also the fullest. I came to the Benton shelter last year as well and was happy to have...
Written By: Steph Phenix, Medical Coordinator On the final day of our trip, all of the volunteers traveled to Bald Knob, a town of about 3,000 people in a rural area northeast of Little Rock. The Animal Control Officer, Threasha, met us at the local police...
Written By: Kate, Events Coordinator On the other side of the state, Group 2 headed east… to West Memphis! And yes, it is west of Memphis, on the western side of the Mississippi River. We met Cassie, an Arkansas foster who volunteers at the West Memphis...
Written By: Kelli Leahy, Home Visit Coordinator “Rescue: It’s not just a verb, it’s a promise.” An amazing day one was in the books!! As I opened my eyes on Friday morning, I had no idea what was in store…what dogs would we meet? Which of our...