rescue the animals

Rescue the Animals (RTA) is designating November as "Report Animal Abuse Month". Founder and Director of RTA, Paul Washburn says "animal abuse is a very serious crime, and abusers are dangerous people. Animal abusers go on to commit other very serious crimes." To help promote &qu…

Local law enforcement recently seized 30 chihuahuas and turned them over to Rescue the Animals (RTA) in Abilene. SPCA Officials said the chihuahuas were discovered in a 13 by 30 foot portable building without any cooling or access to the outside. The conditions were terrible and quick acting local a…

Friday Saturday and Sunday was awesome, especially for the homeless animals from Abilene and 19 surrounding counties. Just as one pet was being adopted,  someone else would step up to the table and say "I want that little guy there, how much is he, and who do I pay?" Aaron Vannoy with the …

A couple of weeks ago Paul Washburn with Rescue the Animals and Aaron Vannoy Animal Services Manager for the City of Abilene approached me with the idea of me living in that over-sized doghouse again, to draw attention to the unwanted animals at area shelters. I thought about it for a minute and sai…

 
About a month and a half ago, I posted a blog about the Abilene city council considering some changes to the city ordinances that would have made owning a dog a bit more costly. In an effort to get a better perspective as to how the people of Abilene feel on these issues, Rescue the Animals, a non-…

The preliminary numbers from this weekends West Texas Animal Rescue are just in, over 200 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens all have new homes, over 500 pets were micro-chipped and nearly 800 pets got their vaccinations. Nonetheless, pet owners are proud of their animals as we snapped pictures of your…

I hate these kind of days, because it never seems to fail it's another cute dog or cat that is being euthanized. Time has run out for "Mercy-Me".

Wanted a Good, (no change that) Wanted Great Home for Tire-tool the chihuahua who is ready for adoption from Rescue The Animals.

The North Shore Animal League is in Abilene April 5th and 6th only. N.S.A.L. will team up with Rescue the Animals and several area animal control shelters to host the largest adoption celebration ever in the history of west Texas. Complete with live entertainment in the form of Zack Harmon.This cele…