Hope's Story
Hope's Story
Please take a few moments
to read this and possibly make a difference in many lives!!
With help from many sources our organization
rescued Hope from a
pound in Dixon Kentucky in the Fall of 2000. Hope was starved, abused and someone cut off her beautiful English
Pointer tail, and
she had heartworms. Hope barely survived
the heartworm cure, but somehow she made it. Hope continued to sleep for
approximately 23 hours a day and eventually stared having brain seizures,
not body termors. After further evaluation, it was determined that Hope
had brain lesions, both ears drums had been ruptured and Hope was completely
deaf, plus she was almost blind in both eyes. Her brain waves were most
likely flat, but her body still functioned. This would not have lasted
long, Hope was unable to hold any weight on her body, and eventually would
have starved to death. For Hope there was no quality of life. Hope had
most likely been the subject severe abuse in her short life to have caused
this sort of damage to her little brain. On 01/22/01 after 5 months, and due to
severe head trauma we now believe was most likely caused at that pound.
The most humane thing we could offer her was death. So we sent HOPE on
her way over the "Rainbow Bridge".
Hope brought us joy in the short time she was with us, it was so heart warming to
think that she was making progress. To the many who helped save Hope and bring
her to us, we are sincerely grateful. And, we know that Hope was thankful
to be rescued from the hell at that pound. It is our wish that we
will be with Hope and the many others like her again one day, and that God has
her in his protective care now, that she is whole again, running, playing and
probably hunting birds like she was born to do. Our love goes with you Hope,
wait for us, OK? We'll play like we never got to. You have been adopted by
the BEST, our creator. He will take care of you until we can be together again.
IT'S NOT OVER!! UPDATE ON THE DIXON, KENTUCKY POUND November 27, 2001
Dog warden charged after shooting incident
Nall was lodged at the Webster County Detention Center on six counts of
first-degree wanton endangerment. He has since bonded out.
Trooper Jason Browning said the incident began Monday evening when Nall
received a call regarding a Rottweiler growling and chasing children.
After arriving in the area, Browning said, Nall told him that he saw Maddy
and called the dog to him. Towery said his dog was on the front porch of the
house when Nall called to her.
Browning said that Nall told him the Rottweiler either growled or started
getting aggressive. That's when Nall began shooting at her with a
.22-caliber rifle, Browning said.
Approximately 10 shots were fired, Browning said, with about three of those
hitting Maddy.
Nall then allegedly took the dog's body and placed it in a ditch "instead of
disposing of the dog properly," Browning said.
The trooper said that after his arrest Nall said little about the incident.
But from what the suspect did say, "I gathered he wasn't 100 percent sure it
was the right dog," Browning said.
"He did say he'd never disposed of a dog like that (before)," the trooper
said, but apparently the containers where animal carcasses are stored were
full.
Nall was charged with wanton endangerment because he was roughly 100 feet
away from the house, which was occupied by four people, when he fired the
rifle, Browning said. Also, he said, two people were standing less than 300
feet away from where Nall was allegedly discharging the weapon.
Webster County Judge-executive Jim Townsend said the situation is
unfortunate, and "it shouldn't have happened."
"I hate it. It's a sad thing that's happened," he said.
Townsend said none of these events should have happened including the way
the Rottweiler's body was handled.
"He (Nall) should have taken it to the pound. He said he intended to go back
for the carcass when the freezers (where dead animals are stored) were
empty," Townsend said. "In my opinion, he made a mistake."
However, he said, "Nall's been an excellent dog warden and that is what
makes this even more unfortunate. He's done a good job for us (in the
past)."
Townsend said he is still trying to piece everything together.
"There are some conflicting stories about what happened and about the dog,"
he said. "I'm still trying to find out the actual facts."
Townsend said Nall -- who is employed by the Webster County fiscal court and
governed by state laws -- has been suspended indefinitely without pay.
An attempt to reach Nall Tuesday night was unsuccessful.
By BETH SMITH, Gleaner staff
"She's never been aggressive," said Webster County resident Dwayne Towery of
his 2-year-old Rottweiler named Maddy, who was allegedly killed Monday night
by that county's dog warden.
"This dog lived in the house with us and slept with our girls," he said. "I
think he shot the wrong dog."
Dog warden John Nall, 49, of Clay, was arrested by Kentucky State Police
Monday night after allegedly shooting Maddy while the dog stood in front of
the Clay-area residence occupied by her owners.
TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING AND PLEA
FOR CHANGE:
Webster County Judge Executive James Townsend
PO Box 155
Dixon, KY 42409
270-639-5042
Webster County Clerk Becky Sharp
becky@kih.net
Governor Paul Patton
700 Capitol Avenue
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-2611
fx# 502-564-2517
governor@mail.state.ky.us
Kentucky Animal Care & Control Association
kacca@kacca.orgor call
800-595-9133
Jim Gooch
329 Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
jim.gooch@lrc.state.ky.us
Paul Herron
230 Capitol Annex
Frankfort, KY 40601
paul.herron@lrc.state.ky.us
Jenny Schwade-Brown: HSUSCSRO@aol.com
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
These women were responsible
for saving Hope and giving her a good life in the brief time she had left
here.
Thank you to:
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Cindy Draper, Shauna T.,
and Lisa Rossman (of GSP Rescue).
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