Rescuers are an interesting group of people. Passion is sometimes an understatement. Rescuers aren't only the individuals who are a part of an "agency" who fill out the forms and pull from the shelters.
A rescuer can take the role of the woman who owns cats but drives on her day off to wave a rotisserie chicken through the woods to look for a lost dog. A rescuer can be the 10-year-old girl who puts up the posters and the updated posters and the updated updated posters. A rescuer can be the one a thousand miles away that says at least one prayer per day for the safe return of a lost pet.
On behalf of the DRC, we want to thank all the rescuers who helped in the search for Zsa Zsa, the beautiful silver labradoodle that was lost soon after joining her forever family when she spooked and bolted. It is truly amazing that so many individuals, so many RESCUERS, were involved in trying to save this dog, going beyond what any of us could have anticipated.
So many people answered the plea for help. The hours spent on the search were staggering.
The adoptive family's neighborhood became quite involved in the search as well. Sighting after sighting were called in to them, only to have Zsa Zsa dart for cover in the woods attached to the neighorhood. Another call came in today that she had been seen near the highway. The husband and wife loaded into the car once again to try to get to her.
Before reaching the site, another call came in. Absolutely not the call that one wanted to hear, but they were informed that Zsa Zsa had been hit by a car. She was killed instantly.
The couple called in for local police help while they wrapped her in a blanket and took her for the first and last visit to what would have been her vet. They kept her collar as a tangible momento of the love that they had for the dog they knew so shortly, but loved so much.
The family have two school-aged children who were taken out of their classrooms today, taken home and told the news. Please say a prayer for this family's healing.
And while you are praying for them, thank God or the one to whom you pray that Zsa Zsa touched lives while she was with us. As her first and only foster home, I can tell you she was a very special beautiful pet.
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