Last week I drove out the back road of my farm across my neighbor's place towards the highway, a route I rarely take. I don't even remember why I was driving that way but I noticed a black dog along the road that ran away as I approached. I immediately noticed he was injured. I talked to my neighbor about it and he recalled seeing a pickup stopped in his orchard and we suspected the dog was dropped off. I went back home and got some food for the dog (he had ready access to water so that was not an issue) and then returned home and called Animal Control after hours and explained the situation. I fed the dog again the next morning and he continued to devour the food. I called Animal Control again and they confirmed they had my call in as "urgent" and that they would get out when they could. I'm in a remote part of the county and they just don't have the staffing to serve our area effectively. By mid-day I decided to post the dog's photo on Facebook in case anybody local recognized the dog. I had assumed the dog had some recent surgery based on being shaved on the left hip but that apparently is not the case, just some mystery. After my Facebook post, things happened pretty quickly through a number of friends contacting friends, etc. I became friends with Jamie who works as a volunteer as at a rescue operation and is a local resident here and we have several mutual friends. She arranged for another volunteer to meet me and pick up the dog and later took possession and took him to a vet. The dog was chipped and it was discovered his name is Bruno. Bruno's owner was contacted and provided clear evidence that he is a dispicable person, changing his story and expressing no concern for Bruno. The owner is from Oakland which is over an hour from here.
Bruno's story was on the Sacramento news last night and it can be read/watched at http://www.news10.net/story/news/loc...-dog/29064979/
Jamie has had a GoFundMe fundraiser established prior to taking on Bruno and is still in need of funds to pay for Bruno's surgery (amputation) and recovery. She works as a volunteer at this non-profit organization but is still talking of putting the rest of the surgery charges on her personal credit card so that she can get him taken care of. I've already donated but would like to do more and would like to try a fig tree raffle. I don't know how this will work out but want to give it a try. Here is how it will work:
1. Open to ConUSA addresses only.
2. Winner to have choice of one of the following: Black Madeira grafted onto Brown Turkey, ready to ship now; Planera (a favorite of M. Pons) ready to ship in August; De la Reina (another M. Pons favorite) ready to ship in August. Shipping by USPS Priority Mail paid by me. The Black Madeira is in a pot that is 4" square x 10" tall while the other trees are in pots 3" square x 8" tall.
3. Each "ticket" to the raffle requires a donation of $10 to http://www.gofundme.com/kritterkamprescue and donor to email copy of confirmation to me at [email protected] Donors can make multiple "ticket" purchases (i.e., $50 donation result sin 5 tickets).
4. No formal tickets will be sent. I will not make list of donor's public except that I will announce the winner here. You must trust me for being impartial. I will assign a number to each "ticket" purchased and then print out a piece of paper with each ticket number on it and then have my son draw once of these pieces of paper from a hat, bowl, or bag, or whatever fits me mood at the moment (maybe a 1 gallon blow mold pot?). Ticket will probably be drawn June 24th at 7:30PM (Pacific) but may be extended by up to 4 days if ticket sales are continuing at a good pace.
5. I reserve the right to modify this raffle but without lessening the benefit to ticket buyers (i.e., if you really surprise me, maybe I'll add prizes).
I have never been involved in any sort of animal rescue before but this has been a very heart-breaking and touching event for me and truly appreciate your support. It's been great to see how Bruno's life is already improving a lot. He loves his foster care provider and follows her everywhere she goes.
Thanks,
Harvey
Bruno's story was on the Sacramento news last night and it can be read/watched at http://www.news10.net/story/news/loc...-dog/29064979/
Jamie has had a GoFundMe fundraiser established prior to taking on Bruno and is still in need of funds to pay for Bruno's surgery (amputation) and recovery. She works as a volunteer at this non-profit organization but is still talking of putting the rest of the surgery charges on her personal credit card so that she can get him taken care of. I've already donated but would like to do more and would like to try a fig tree raffle. I don't know how this will work out but want to give it a try. Here is how it will work:
1. Open to ConUSA addresses only.
2. Winner to have choice of one of the following: Black Madeira grafted onto Brown Turkey, ready to ship now; Planera (a favorite of M. Pons) ready to ship in August; De la Reina (another M. Pons favorite) ready to ship in August. Shipping by USPS Priority Mail paid by me. The Black Madeira is in a pot that is 4" square x 10" tall while the other trees are in pots 3" square x 8" tall.
3. Each "ticket" to the raffle requires a donation of $10 to http://www.gofundme.com/kritterkamprescue and donor to email copy of confirmation to me at [email protected] Donors can make multiple "ticket" purchases (i.e., $50 donation result sin 5 tickets).
4. No formal tickets will be sent. I will not make list of donor's public except that I will announce the winner here. You must trust me for being impartial. I will assign a number to each "ticket" purchased and then print out a piece of paper with each ticket number on it and then have my son draw once of these pieces of paper from a hat, bowl, or bag, or whatever fits me mood at the moment (maybe a 1 gallon blow mold pot?). Ticket will probably be drawn June 24th at 7:30PM (Pacific) but may be extended by up to 4 days if ticket sales are continuing at a good pace.
5. I reserve the right to modify this raffle but without lessening the benefit to ticket buyers (i.e., if you really surprise me, maybe I'll add prizes).
I have never been involved in any sort of animal rescue before but this has been a very heart-breaking and touching event for me and truly appreciate your support. It's been great to see how Bruno's life is already improving a lot. He loves his foster care provider and follows her everywhere she goes.
Thanks,
Harvey
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