As the director of a rescue organization in a region plagued by horrific conditions for animals and high kill shelters, I have something on my mind. We have struggled for years for funding, for help from

Operating an animal rescue in Central Appalachia has been thankless, tireless work, often brutal. Believe me when I say the community doesn’t want us here, any more than they want other charitable outreaches

We are looking for people to support our yearly fundraiser! Not many contributors have stepped up so far, although we did have some pledges come through that won’t show here. They’re for very specific

Recently we posted about a critical need for funding. Several issues arose for us recently, including a plumbing disaster, a severe facial injury for one of our dogs, and an upcoming transport that needs

Who remembers E.J.? He's one of our rescues who was classified as "difficult," both because of breed mixture and fear issues. Last fall, we drove him to New Hampshire with several other dogs

The situation with our water lines here at the rescue...let's just say it has been a challenge. During the recent cold snap, our water supply in the basement froze, and when it thawed, the pipes burst.

Milo is home now, resting and healing and not understanding why he has to wear a cone. Poor guy bumps into everything. But he's better, thank goodness. Our vet had to reattach his face to his head, but

The photo above? It shows two inches of water in our basement floor. Not cool. We have a problem. It's been a while since we posted. Much has been happening, including a tough decision to suspend active

We did it! We successfully sent two more dogs to forever homes in New England. Reba and Heath left yesterday on transport and arrived today around noon in Vermont. We heard that Reba was very scared, but

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We received the best news yesterday--thanks to our New Hampshire rescue partners, two of our most difficult dogs found forever homes. E.J. has always been an exceptionally sweet boy. But he grew up not

Part of the work we do as a rescue is take a stand against abuse and neglect of animals. In regions like Central Appalachia, the culture regards animals as property, as non-sentient beings who don’t experience

One thing we love about our New England rescue partners is the way they keep us informed about the dogs we send. Although it's not always possible for us to follow the outcomes of every single dog, for

TARC has struggled for more than a year with a need for costly repairs, as well as the lack of funds to make them and the inability to find local contractors interested in doing the work. Since @fundition

Last November, almost a year to the date of this post, TARC took in to weenie dog mix adult and three puppies that came to us from a situation where the owner (presumably elderly and ill health) had gotten

We got the first photo back from our New Hampshire rescue partners! Ziggy has found his family and gone home. He's pictured above with his new forever mom and dad. Dusty also got adopted. No pics back

We've started to get news trickling in from the dogs we just took on transport, and oh boy! This is when we're all reminded about why we do the work we do, why we sacrifice until it hurts and put up with

Thanks to the help and support of our Steem family, @fundition, @noblewitness, and our Vermont rescue partners, we transported six dogs to safety in New England! It was a good trip, and we feel great about

Thirty-six hours until six dogs leave on transport! This will be our last trip of the year, since driving in New England snow isn’t our strong suit. We may be able to sneak one or two onto a commercial

In 2013, I got booted off a local Facebook yardsale page because I used the term “kill shelter” in a comment. Admins of that group advised that it was an “offensive” term and that I would have to find