They came to the bustling Miami animal shelter to save the most unadoptable pets on death row, those with the flimsiest of prospects. And others who have never known hope.
A crew from Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary in Ontario, Canada, led by Robert Scheinberg, visited the shelter befor and didn’t have to travel long to identify those canines.
Phoenix, for example, was drenched with gasoline and set ablaze. Someone discovered him on the side of the road, practically dead.
After then, there was Lucy.
When the group was visiting, they were informed that it was her turn to be euthanized. Moreover, at first glance, she appeared to have packed her belongings for the next world.
Eyes that are vacant. Emaciated to the point of death. Fleas and ticks all over her body.
“She was in terrible shape,” Dog Tales’ Clare Forndran tells The Dodo. “Lucy, on the other hand, was a fighter who wasn’t about to give up. On the moment, he consented to take her.” Lucy, she adds, suffered from “every health concern you can imagine.”
She was too unwell to travel to Canada right immediately, so she was housed with a veterinarian in Miami until she recovered.
She was one of more than 100 Miami-Dade death row dogs who eventually found their way to the Canadian refuge.
Lucy would take a little longer to get her bearings than the majority of the rescued canines. She battled a slew of illnesses for months, including hookworm, whipworm, heartworm, demodex, anemia, and even thyroid malignancy.
But when she was ready to start seeking for a home, this dog didn’t have a trace of death row on her. Lucy’s destiny was written all over her.
Last April, Jamie Ferris and Robyn Hodgkin came to the rescue and took Lucy home, ensuring Lucy’s future. The pair was drawn to the location because of the last photograph, which showed a happy, restored dog.
“When I see the horrific pictures, I never typically read the tales,” Hodgkin tells The Dodo.
“However, there was something about her that drew me in.”
Lucy has thoroughly embraced her new existence, particularly the aspects that are truly Canadian.
Forndran says, “Seeing Lucy today is such a beautiful reminder of why we wake up every day and do what we do.”
