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CHHS to the Rescue
Written By: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Issue: 2019/03 - March
Horrific. Cruel. Inhumane.
Those words do not even begin to describe the conditions we discovered this past January when the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Animal Rescue Team was deployed to a puppy mill raid in Candler County, Georgia. Working in conjunction with the Humane Society of the United States and Atlanta Humane Society, CHHS rescued four young adult German Shepherds and brought them to safe refuge to the mountains of western North Carolina. This was a large-scale coordinated rescue of hundreds of German Shepherds, and animal welfare agencies from New York to Florida banded together to save the lives of these brave canine survivors living in filth and squalor.
As with every rescue we do, there were significant medical issues to address, and behavioral issues as well. But with dogs like these, who came from a puppy mill and had been raised with no purpose in life other than to generate more money-making offspring for an inhumane breeder, the most important challenge we had was to teach them what it meant to be a dog. How much fun it can be to romp and play. To engage with a human with a toy, a treat. To hear kind words, a soothing voice, a soft touch.
CHHS did not spare any expense to bring these beautiful canines back to a picture of perfect health. The German Shepherds we rescued ended up spending nearly a month at our shelter for some much-needed rest and rehab, and all of them found loving, forever homes with awesome responsible animal lovers.
Of the estimated 14,000 animal shelters and rescue groups nationwide, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is one of only 350 participants who have qualified to be in the HSUS Shelter and Rescue Partners Program. Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, no-kill animal shelter located at 200 Gable Drive in Sapphire, one-and-a-half miles east of the Cashiers Ingles in between Cedar Creek Club and Lonesome Valley on Highway 64. For more information, visit us online at CHhumanesociety.org or call CHHS at (828) 743-5752. Tax-deductible donations to support our lifesaving work can be mailed to: CHHS, P.O. Box 638, Cashiers, NC 28717.
