Carrol has dedicated the last 10 years or so to caring for and rescuing neglected, abused and homeless cats and dogs and now needs help in placing these animals.
Posted by Joyce, Best Friends NE Team LeaderThis letter is from Jan Puckett. Carrol is her sister and needs your help!
My name is Jan Puckett.. Carrol Crocker is my sister and she is in dire need of help with her animals. Carrol lives in Rainsville, AL, a rural, farming community. She has 5+ acres which was our grandparents’ home place.
Carrol lives on a meager Eastern Airlines retirement and Social
Security Disability. She goes lacking some months but her animals do not. She has rescued animals but also, members or her community as well as Rainsville city employees have brought to her animals found while performing their city duties. The city fathers knew this was taking place and never said anything......until last year. The mayor has been recorded in court papers saying, "We knew what was going on but we had no where else to take the animals." Now, he wants her shelter abolished. Keep in mind there is no ordinance as to how many pets a person can have and there is no leash law. The city has taken her to court and won. The judge has ruled Carrol can have no more than 3 pets. She has appealed his ruling and the higher court has recently upheld the local judge's decision.
She is trying to place her dogs but unfortunately the shelters around here are full and do not have room for more. She has been calling all over the US trying to save her dogs. She needs help desperately. Carrol now lives in the unattached garage due to a house fire a year ago. She has been taking showers with a water hose at the back of the garage.
Please help her. These dogs mean a lot to her and she is devastated at the idea of putting them down.
Respectfully,
Jan Puckett
pauljanpuckett@bellsouth.net.
When Shari Johannes of Dog Pack Rescue and Jane Berry with The Sterile Feral went to see Carrol Crocker yesterday after receiving the letter from Jan Puckett her sister, they were truly humbled by what they encountered. Carrol does not want anything for herself and politely refused any offer of help yesterday for any personal needs. She does not want anything except that her animals are to be safe and get good homes. Carrol is truly selfless and only wants to help and protect her animals. The mere fact that she is making the best of the situation in living arrangements that many of us would find ourselves overwhelmed by, is enough in of itself. She only wants these animals to be safe - nothing more.
Jane went back to see Carrol and brought her a mattress to replace her current bedding as well as a portable propane hot water heater from Shari. She additionally sent over about 20 bags of dog food
Most of the animals are friendly (a few are scared) and the conditions are good where they are living. Carrol has built runs/kennels for them and them and all are well-fed and taken care of.
Regarding the animals:
*All females are spayed
*Transport help available within a reasonable distance
*Several special needs animals need assistance
For additional info on these animals - please contact Carrol or Shari - Dog Pack Rescue Inc. dogpackrescue@hughes.net
Assist however you can – since some individuals have requested to be able to assist Carrol directly, the Sterile Ferile has offered to use their Paypal and will be done through their 501(C)(3) organization. Please indicate that the assistance is for Carrol Crocker’s animals and all funds will go directly to her.
Paypal Address - tsfinfo@bellsouth.net (at bellsouth.net)
http://www.thesterileferal.org/ Photos of all animals are located at:
http://photobucket.com/CarrolCrocker