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Q considers the reports from local animal-control facilities
an insight into the qualities of life for some Chicago-area critters
Reprinted from The Chicago Tribune November 5, 2006
Tribune staff reporter
Sullivan was a mess. Heartworm-positive, a severe eye injury--and he was living in a Downstate cornfield, fending off coyotes. Clearly, he was a dog with a limited future.
But a good Samaritan--she lived near the field and saw his encounter with the coyotes--stepped in. She called to him and he came to her, and she took him in. But she couldn't keep him, so she took him to a shelter, where, with everything going against him, he was put on the euthanasia list.
That's when TLC Animal Shelter, a facility in Homer Glen, intervened. Transport volunteers brought him to TLC, and Sullivan's recovery began. His damaged eye was removed, he was treated for heartworm, he regained his strength and he was eventually adopted.
Sadly, Sullivan was returned to the shelter; the family said he didn't seem as happy as he had been at TLC, where there was a lot of activity that he enjoyed. So today, Sullivan--Sully to his co-workers--rules the roost as the shelter dog.
Photo courtesy of Clare Ann Paskiet