1 post tagged “animal rescue”
it was rainy and cold as i waited on the bart platform just before sunrise this morning, looking towards downtown oakland this morning. i have never understood why bart didn't either extend the covered area further, or at least put a second covered area towards the end of the platform. on rainy days, everyone is crowded under the covered section in the middle of the platform, but the trains stretch all the way to either end.
my morning was brightened somewhat to see a commercial for a group called dogs deserve better starring adrian zmed, one of my biggest and earliest crushes after grease 2 came out and then on t.j. hooker. the add talked about something i see all the time in my neighborhood that infuriates and saddens me - dogs chained to front porches or fences on chains that are too short, with no shelter and no attention, in the cold and rain, day after day. it looks like a pretty good organization, i'm going to look at it more. i'm a little afraid of confronting the dog owners in my neighborhood, but dogs deserve better offers a service where if you send them the address of chained dog, they will send a letter and brochure from their headquarters (according to them, they have a 5% - 10% success rate of getting dogs unchained just from sending the letter).
there on the website is their spokepesron adrian zmed (not looking so good anymore!) with his dog cubby and this quote "the only chain on cubby is the one to my heart!"
