Ty Oppelt is the sole employee of the Gurdon Animal Shelter, a small municipal, non-profit shelter, found in Southwest Arkansas. The city provides no budget for the medical needs of the dogs, or even enough for their food. In a town where the majority of people do not spay/neuter their pets, Ty has quite the challenge before him. However, he does not let this stop him from doing all he can to save these dogs (and the occasional chicken, goose, pig, and even donkey). Much of expenses come out of Ty’s own pockets. He is truly dedicated to saving the animals in his community. He absolutely refuses to let a dog’s life be dependent upon the cost of saving it. All the dogs pictured would have been euthanized, some immediately, without Ty’s intervention. Currently there are 3 heartworm positive dogs needing treatment, which will total around $1000.00. This is money he doesn’t have. Ty would also like to help subsidize spaying/neutering for people of the community to try and cut down on the litters of puppies constantly being brought to the shelter. He tries his very best to get every dog out to rescues or adopters, all of whom are screened and checked personally by him (something very few municipal shelters do). He will even drive hundreds of miles in his own vehicle (and using own gas) to get his dogs involved in transports to good homes. Ty has taken a place of mass extermination and turned it into a place of miracles for these dogs. Abandoned dogs on the verge of death have been brought back to health and now live in their ‘furever’ homes. Please help Ty continue to fight against all the odds and put the dogs first. If you’d like to know more about his shelter feel free to check out his Facebook page created to share his dogs and a way to obtain support for these sweet animals who have had the world turn its back on them….until Ty! Dogs rule! facebook/GurdonAnimalShelter
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:43:41 +0000
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