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Oh give me a home: Local groups unite in the Leech Lake Legacy
Last April, when Karen Good of Red Lake Rosie’s Rescue sent an email to local animal groups detailing the grim circumstances Leech Lake dogs faced, the outlook was bleak. The reservation’s animal impound lot only had 10 small kennels with unsanitary conditions, no outdoor space and no daylight. And, as a rule, when an 11th stray would come in, the animal control officer reluctantly would make space for the new occupant by euthanizing the dog that had been there the longest. There were too many dogs, and they were in bad shape.
In response to Karen’s email, Jenny Fitzer stepped up to the plate and organized a group to transport six dogs from Leech Lake to the Twin Cities. But the local rescue and foster groups were all full—no one could take them. That’s when Marilou Chanrasmi, who sits on Pet Haven ’s board, fosters with Act V Rescue & Rehabilitation and is a liaison with Minnesota Partnership for Animal Welfare (MnPAW), suggested that they at least bring the dogs to the Animal Humane Society (AHS) and see if they could get them adopted. Marilou called Kathie Johnson, of MnPaw and AHS, who talked to her boss, AHS COO Ray Aboyan, who was supportive of the idea. “We’ll figure things out as we go,” Marilou remembers thinking at the time. And through that combination of acronyms and kind-hearted people working together, the Leech Lake Legacy project was born.
Though they’re still “fine-tuning the process,” the group has relocated more than 165 dogs and cats from the Leech Lake reservation to the Twin Cities, where they are given a second chance at finding loving homes.
Basically, the Leech Lake Legacy project works within a network of local rescues, shelters, foster groups, veterinarians and animal-related businesses. When a dog from the reservation is not suitable to be adopted through AHS, they call the MnPaw network and try to get them into the foster system or another shelter. They preform surgeries on dogs with broken legs, clean up dogs with mange and eye infections, and vaccinate, spay and neuter animals. Act V Rescue’s vet provides medical care for the extremely hard-luck cases, and Lucky Dog Pet Lodge has fostered and helped with the placement of two Leech Lake dogs when no other lodging was available for the animals. A team of volunteers has signed up to help with transportation to and from the reservation every weekend. Leech Lake Legacy also tackles the problem at its origin—last month, Northland Spay and Neuter held a spay/neuter clinic in Leech Lake: They loaded a bus with unaltered dogs, took them to Duluth for the surgeries, then bussed them back to the reservation. In March 2012, a two-day clinic (funded by Pet Haven’s fall benefit) is planned.
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They preform surgeries on dogs with broken legs, clean up dogs with mange and eye infections, and vaccinate, spay and neuter animals. Act V Rescue's vet provides medical care for the extremely hard-luck cases, and Lucky Dog Pet Lodge has fostered and