07/12/2024
How sad it is that any rescuer has to make a post explaining a rescuing situation or even having to clarify FACTS about a rescue!! But here we go!!
The Vega Baja rescue!
My husband and I were driving and saw Manchita in the streets trying to enter a gate and couldn’t, as we approached her, 4 more babies came out to say hi.
This was at a church and the pastor’s wife came out to greet us! Mind you these puppies were malnourished, ridden in ticks and fleas and lice.
The FIRST thing we ask is where is the mom?… the lady mentioned the mom was a stray dog that she fed and she was not there.
So this was the plan we had!!!
1. We asked the lady to continue feeding her and let us know when she was there so we can come pick her up.
2. We will pick her up, spay her, heal her, board her because we do not have a facility and put her up for adoption. If the adoption didn’t happen, it will end up being a TNR case since it was believed that she was a stray dog.
3. We came the next day and took the pups, mom was not around.
4. We started the protocols, took videos and pics, found fosters for all of them and posted to ask for donations.
5. We got a message from another rescuer that she had the mom and if we could help with her because she had gotten spayed 3 days prior to when we rescued the pups.
6. We contacted her and we asked if in her plan was to take the puppies. No answer to this question and it was more of “we had to take the mom”
7. We went through a conversation where we decided to work the mom together by the original plan we had which was boarding the mom, for 2 weeks to see if we could get an adopting family if not it will have to be a TNR (she was already spayed at the time of this conversation)
8. The rescuer found a boarding and unfortunately less than a week the mom was kicked out because of barking.
9. The rescuer calls me and at that time we were busy tending to other things.
10. The next day we see post after post of how horrible we are and why we didn’t take the mom and that it was our responsibility to do so.
YES we decided to step away from it all, specially because we will not entertain false accusations that will bring negativity to all the good that is being done ☀️
We still have a plan and it will not be with this rescuer! It will be with our own group of supporters and friends!! Follow us!! Help us!! Let’s continue our journey 🧡