HOPE'S STORY

     A young little girl who had been spotted by some kids in a neighborhood in NJ.

    We were called to help, and saw this emaciated little one who was barely alive. She was accompanied by her mom, a brother and a sister, all were ill but not as bad as HOPE. We caught everyone and oddly enough little HOPE managed to elude us.

     The owner of the home suddenly turned on us and said get off my property and called the police, who in turn warned us if we did not leave we were going to be arrested. When the dying kitten was brought to the officer's attention, he said, So it dies,  get out of here now.

    We called all over for help, animal control, etc, we didn't have time to wait for return phone calls, HOPE was fading quick and we knew she would not survive another brutally cold night out there all alone.

     HOPE had now become so weak we would have been able to get her but were not allowed to enter the property now being patrolled by cops and the home owner. As we circled the area begging for a kind neighbor to allow us access to their yard we continually hit dead ends, as we had to watch HOPE fading faster and faster, now certainly hypothermic.

     We now were informed we were facing harassment charges. Again when the inhumanity of allowing an animal to painfully suffer and die in clear view was brought to the officer's attention we were again told to get lost, and informed of all the laws we were breaking, he failed to inform the property owner of the laws HE was breaking by allowing this atrocity to take place, neglect, animal abuse, etc.

     We finally got lucky and a woman who spoke little English came home and we begged for access to her yard, we were granted it!! We felt as if we hit the lottery! We began to coax, beg, plead and baited her with food trying to get little HOPE to muster up the last bit of energy she had in her dying body to crawl to us for help. We were literally a few feet away but could do nothing.
She would take a few steps and collapse again. In this day and age, you would think the law enforcement would have more important situations to handle than to stand guard and ALLOW a horrible person to deny an animal medical attention. Well, apparently they don't. This are your tax dollars hard at work!

     WELL, enough was enough, the right back was turned at the right time and we were  off and running! We scooped up little Hopes' lifeless body and headed for the hospital who had been waiting for her. She was emaciated, anorexic, dehydrated, hypothermic, in kidney failure, liver disorder, malnourished, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, anemic, ridden with fleas, worms, and ear and skin mites. She was unconscious when we got her, but with the medical team working on her she began to come around, she was in severe guarded condition and we were warned she may not make it through the night.

     Well, she did! they all did! they made wonderful recoveries and Hope and all her siblings were adopted to wonderful homes who continue to flood us with happy wonderful emails of how much they are loved and will never have to suffer again.