...WideAwake Rescue

Happy Is Found & Gets A Name Change

Although this news update is not finished yet, we did want to get the latest news to everyone without email. The email update will most likely be sent out before this newsletter reaches you.

Our thanks go out to Julie Turner (WI Animal Control) and Jayne Belsky (Wolf-Dog Rescue) who would not give up the search for Happy -- the one who escaped from animal control during the round up. It became very apparent that one of Jamie Willard’s friends had decided that this little girl should go to him for continued breeding. It was also apparent that this person was hiding her in another county, in order to prevent her being found.

Julie and Jayne continued the search and finally found her. A search warrant was secured and on Saturday the 17th of June, Happy was picked up and went into protective custody. The scene was so tragic that Jayne could no longer call this little girl Happy. She had been secured in a homemade heavy chain harness and then chained to a tree with no shelter. Somewhere along the way she had also received a very large abrasion to her neck. It took Jayne 15 minutes to remove the chain harness.

We renamed Happy, at Jayne’s request, giving her a name in honor of her two saviors, Jayne & Julie -- J.J. According to Jayne, “Little J.J. is having a very hard time!!! This is the most sever case of "trauma stress" I have ever seen.”

J.J. is being transported and will be picked up in Sterling, Colorado on Saturday, June 24th. She will receive a thorough exam, vaccinations and transport to her family at Wide Awake.

What’s Next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has become very clear that this rescue is not going to be a short term proposition. Our original plan of placing these animals at other sanctuaries, now, has been scrapped. With the length of time it will take to get these guys healthy, this will be impossible.

We are now struggling to figure out how to best accommodate their long term needs. We need to find additional property in order to build larger enclosures. We are looking in the Gilpin County area and would appreciate any help that anyone can supply. This is going to be an extremely expensive and labor intensive undertaking. Please help us help these animals. Whatever you can provide will be most appreciated.

THANK YOU!

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