His family only had him for 5 weeks 😔
Published on July 21, 2023 at 2:26 PM
When Lucie’s Animal Rescue got a call from someone wanting to surrender their dog, Lucie Holmes, the rescue’s founder, handled it the same way she always does.
“His owner asked me to take him [because] ‘he barked at other dogs and people when out’ and he needed to go,” Holmes told The Dodo. “I asked a few questions, such as what training has he had to help him overcome these issues, and she replied, ‘He’s had none.’ I explained I was full, and that I would be in touch when I had room for him.”
The dog had apparently only been with his family for five weeks, and Holmes hoped they would figure out a way to work through their issues. Instead, she got a call that shocked her to her core.
“[Two and a half] hours later, I received a call from a local vet to say the dog had been taken in to be euthanised,” Holmes said. “Thankfully, the vets refused. I then contacted the owner again and said I’d shuffle things around and somehow fit him in. There was no need for his life to end just because he needed some time and training.”
Despite having too many rescues already, Holmes made room for the dog, Marcus, in order to save his life. When Marcus first arrived in his new temporary home, he was a little nervous, but it didn’t take long for him to start soaking up all of the love he’d been missing out on.
“He came to us very scared and nervous, but within an hour was playing with the other dogs here and my children and settling in well,” Holmes said. “Five days in … and still no barking!”
It turns out that all Marcus needed was a chance, and now he has the opportunity to truly thrive.
“He’s currently under assessment, but we’ve had lots of applications for him so will hopefully find him the best forever home,” Holmes said.
If you’d like to help Marcus and other rescues, you can donate to Lucie’s Animal Rescue.
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Birdwatcher Rushes To Save Two Babies With ‘Fuzzy Butts’ Stuck In Mud
“They’re very susceptible to any kind of ground or air predators, day or night” 😰
By Ashley Ortiz
While the residents of Shelby Township, Michigan, prepared to celebrate Independence Day earlier this year, a bird watcher named Mel spent July 3rd in a different quest for freedom.
It all started when Mel decided to observe wildlife near an up-and-coming housing development. The area was quiet — consisting of a few recently built houses on a large stretch of unoccupied land. But as Mel scanned the area for birds, she quickly realized she wasn’t the only one on the ground.
Within minutes of being there, Mel spotted two black and white specks in the middle of a large, muddy water basin on the property. As she looked closer, she realized they were two ducks stuck in the mud, unable to move.
To make matters worse, they appeared to be concerningly young.
“Both [were] so young that you cannot even tell [their] sex yet, nor are they even fully feathered. You will notice their still ‘fuzzy butts’ in the photos,” Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary (MDRS) wrote on Facebook.
Mel immediately contacted her friend, a volunteer for MDRS, who sent the information to founder and CEO Matthew Lyson. Lyson sadly wasn’t surprised by the message, having rescued over a thousand domesticated ducks since founding MDRS, but seeing these two ducklings felt particularly infuriating.
“Those ducks were barely a month and a half old,” Lyson told The Dodo. “For people to dump domestic ducks is one thing, but when you dump them as babies, it’s even more frustrating because, for the first three months, they have to be on a specific type of food, and people just don’t understand.”
Unfortunately, cases of young ducks being abandoned are all too common for Lyson. And just like his previous rescues, these two ducks seemed to have suffered the same fate of being purchased as babies and thrown away after growing.
“Those ducks should not be dumped,” Lyson said. “People buy them primarily because they walk into these farm stores, and they have a whole bin of 1, 2, to 3-day-old babies, so it’s always an impulse purchase. So people are never prepared to buy them, and then they buy them and feed them garbage, and then they dump them …”
Without food or a single soul in the area to check on their well-being, the ducklings wouldn’t have been able to survive much longer on their own. And contrary to popular belief, they wouldn’t have been able to fly away or fend for themselves if they tried.
“Domestic ducks cannot fly,” Lyson said. “They’re very susceptible to any kind of ground or air predators, day or night.”
Thankfully, Mel found these two ducks, a black Swedish and white Pekin, just in time. Lyson rushed to the scene, as did Kathy, the mother of another volunteer, and the three joined forces to rescue the trapped babies.
“We prepped, then headed into the very slippery and mucky terrain,” MDRS wrote. “Together, we all moved forward … and then it was a ‘final wrap’!”
The trio scooped the ducks into their nets and carefully walked back to dry land to celebrate.
Relieved, Lyson drove the fluffy pair back to his property and introduced them to the hundreds of rescue ducks living at the rescue. The two quickly joined the family, and they’ve been enjoying life ever since.
All the ducks rescued by MDRS are promised lifelong housing and care at the expansive sanctuary. Thanks to Mel’s quick thinking and Lyson’s commitment to saving abandoned ducks in his community, these two babies are now a part of that group — and they couldn’t be happier.
“They’re mixed in with their friends, and they’re doing very well,” Lyson said. “They’re thriving over here.”
To help ducks like these two babies get the care they need, you can donate to Michigan Duck Rescue and Sanctuary here.
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