Dear Friends,

Thank you for visiting our Website. Your interest in animal rescue means a lot to us (including our four-legged friends), and we greatly appreciate your support. If you are looking to adopt a companion animal, you will find many to choose from—we have beautiful rescue dogs and cats in need of loving, permanent homes. We also provide useful information on spaying and neutering, so we hope that you will find our site resourceful.

Everyday, there are hundreds to thousands of animals being put to sleep in high-kill shelters as a result of pet overpopulation. There are also many innocent animals suffering from unnecessary abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Pit Bull fight rings are formed daily. Cats give birth to numerous kittens, leaving more roaming strays near high-traffic areas. Dogs are ceaselessly bred in backyards and puppy-mills; many are sold to uncommitted, irresponsible owners who entertain themselves with cute pups only to dump their pets into pounds after a couple years. It is a grim reality.

How can we stop the recurring pain and atrocities from happening to animals?

I would like to share with you a personal story that first compelled me to become a voice for animals and agent for change. I was only eight years old when my mother and I went to the marketplace to buy groceries in South Korea. While my mother was bargaining over the price of seaweed, I noticed a white Chow-mix puppy in a cage strapped onto the back of a motorcycle. I had no idea that the puppy was on its way to a restaurant to be slaughtered for meat, until the motorcycle driver appeared and asked me to persuade my mother to purchase the pup by outbidding the restaurant. He told me that if my mother did not pay him top price, the pup would go straight to slaughter. To him, making profit over a life mattered more than saving the puppy from being killed. While I cried for help, my mother grabbed me by my hand and took me away. I knew my mother loved animals, but she considered it impossible to save every single animal from pain and distress.

The above story is no different from the ones we hear everyday of homeless animals due for euthanasia in pounds, and Pit Bulls being brutally killed in fight rings. My mother’s view about not being able to rescue every single animal in this world led me to a new and different perspective: while I understood that it was beyond my control to save every animal from cruel and abusive situations, I realized that saving one life at a time and rescuing within my control all the needy animals still made a big difference. I strive to give animals like the Chow-mix puppy a second chance in life by making every effort to find them loving, permanent homes. Rather than simply turning my back on abused and homeless animals, I face reality head-on, with determination finding them comfortable homes.

I urge you, too, to also take small steps and make a difference. One life at a time. A little help can truly go a long way.

Thank you for your compassion towards animals.

Respectfully,

Sheila C., Director/Founder
Fuzzy Dog and Cat Rescue, Inc.