I am going to write from time to time about an animal advocacy group, Lainey’s Army. Today this frail little girl was rushed to the vet by the founder of the group, Kimberly Strong. These are her words and thoughts I have copy and pasted below.:
“When Brandy walked in my door tonight…
The tears flowed…I drove as fast as possible to the vet. I got there to walk in a waiting room full of people with happy fat dogs…and cats…
People who were laughing.. there with their families..
I sat there holding this sick emaciated…weak body……feeling her every bone…
And the emotions started …how very alone she must feel……with all those happy people with their well cared for pets….
I think about what this girl has gone through over the last 3-4 months…what her life has been…now she is sitting with a stranger in a strange place…not having any idea what is coming…if I am going to hurt her…feed her…yell at her…or just hold her and sob…
She has no idea…I will make damn sure no one hurts her again…
My heart breaksfor this gentle soul…for this baby …who has had no friend…no one to love her hold her….as I drive away and leave her at vet…the tears come with a vengeance…the pain of these animals is unreal sometimes…
And I race..because mine at home need me…so I fly there in out in out feed…then go to the kennel where they are all fed…most walked…some getting a little porky.,.and as I touch each one for sugar time..and walks…I look into their eyes…for all the pain…they feel…I see the fear…I see the wonder at each new stranger who approaches…
I see the hunger they have felt…the fear…the pain…and my heart breaks one more time…
I sit with my hugger Baxter… and just hold him…give him his reassurance…that he will be okay…
I remember the days Missy was like that…Sampson and Elmo too….
I think about Bentley and dusty….and my little bella….
I think about juno coming in trying to snag my hand..
George completely shut down until I sang George of the jungle to him…
And sooo many more…
I think about Lainey…and all we have lost and all we have saved…and the battles…and the wars….and the fights…
I give him a final squeeze…and move on to the next
…praying I have the strength to fight another day….and for many years to come…I have the strength to inspire people to stand tall and strong against these… atrocities….
And as they are settled all down in their beds…
I close the door saying goodnight to go home to the other crew…
I walk in the door they are silent…but ready to go out and play…the energy is not there…for me.tonight…brandy has zapped my strength and energy…and taken a chip out of my heart…
Then Missy gives me her whoo whoo whooo.saykng suck it up. Buttercup …it ain’t our fault…time to shake that booty with us outside…
And the balls fly…the toys get thrown…and the coffee pot is a brewing….because….
There is no other choice…
That is the answer….as I question where the hell I am going to find the strength to fight for the brandies….of the world….the Bentleys the logans…
The answer is …..there simply is no other choice….
So we hug a little tighter…squeeze a little harder…cry them tears….and continue to put one foot in front of the other….
This isn’t for anyone else but me really……because hopefully in a year.when this memory pops up….
..the need for this will have diminished…
Hopefully we find a way to get better…
Hopefully …….”
She is being taken care of at Lawton Animal Hospital, 315-829-4266, they take payments over the phone by credit card…just tell them it is for Kim Strong Justice for Lainey Account…..or simply paypal justiceforlainey@gmail.com
The group started a few years ago, when a full grown dog was discovered starved in a cage. A man had been intentionally walking past it each day ignoring her as she was left in the elements and ate rocks and grass trying to stay alive. She was finally found and rescued but died a few days later at an animal shelter. Kim Strong was the one who held her as she passed, and vowed Lainey would not Stand Alone and she would get “Justice for Lainey”. Since then a facebook group has formed of thousands of members. They attend court hearings of local animal abuse cases. They have walked to Albany to try to bring awareness of the animal crimes bill, to get it moved out of the Ag. and Market and make it a felony. Animal abusers usually do not just abuse animals, they are usually people (people are animals), and are involved in other serious crimes as well. This needs to be addressed and stopped.
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