From death row to therapy pet

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This is Theresa the day I brought her home. She was scheduled to be put down the next day. The little one was so sick that the local animal shelter decided it would be the kindest thing. The URI had gotten into her eyes and she was blind and they were sure she was going to stay that way. I said give her to me and brought her home. I gave her a flea bath and stopped counting after removing 60 fleas from her. She was anemic, incredibly sick and I didn't think she would make it through the night. She did though, and the next one and now she's a small 7lb beauty that visits nursing homes and brings smiles to the faces of the patients there. And she can see!

Paige Nunnally
Carrollton, GA

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The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food and vital care for some of the eight million unwanted animals given to shelters every year in the U.S., as well as animals in desperate need around the world. Over four million animals are put to death each year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted.

Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give — it's FREE!" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal in need. Funding for food and care is paid by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need by Rescue Bank, The Fund for Animals, the Petfinder Foundation, North Shore Animal League, International Fund for Animal Welfare,and other worthy animal rescue organizations supported by GreaterGood.org.

In addition to clicking the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button, visitors can help more by shopping in The Animal Rescue Site store. With each item purchased, shoppers generate funds for the feeding and care of animals in shelters and sanctuaries.