The Moorook Animal Shelter have managed to successfully home over 2000 unwanted dogs which is an outstanding achievement for South Australia animal rescue.
All adult dogs are C3 vaccinated upon arrival, the pups are assessed over a short period of time before being administered vaccinations - the pups are immediately placed on a herbal remedy to increase their immune system.
Almost all dogs are now desexed, previous issues prevented this from happening to all animals and hopefully this has now been rectified. Sourcing veterinary care at reasonable rescue / shelter rates proved to be difficult and we are now fortunate and grateful to have found this assistance. If a dog finds a home before being desexed the shelter obviously encourages this take place and offer to transport the chosen animal to the vet - please keep in mind that the shelter is 3 hours away from Adelaide and they still offer transport. It is very easy to state that all dogs must be desexed but I am not sure that I could put a dog to sleep because his or her previous owner didn't bother to do this, I could not look into the eyes of a dog and put him/her to sleep over a few miserable dollars. We encourage people to donate specifically to desex the animals, we welcome sponsorship. Please...choose a dog and round up the funds from family, friends and work colleagues and donate, it is amazing how many people are willing to contribute a few dollars to this cause and it adds up very quickly. Money can be paid directly to the Adelaide Plains Veterinary Surgery at Two Wells - name the dog - this scenario works well.
The dogs at Moorook are not selected from local pounds, often they are left broken at the gate. The manager will return on her many veterinary trips to find pups in cardboard boxes in the sun with no water... then the frantic mother to the pups appears and she is in a terrible frightened state. Not a day goes by with only joy, there is so much heartache, what some people do to these animals in incomprehensible. Recently a little dog was actually thrown from the car as they were driving by - they didn't even stop (a 10 month old pure bread chi)! The shelter rescue dogs from people that have been sent to prison - many of these dogs are so gorgeous - is this their fault? Often a dog arrives as their owner has passed away - is this their fault? Often a dog arrives as they have been literally dumped at the waters edge, their owner didn't even bother to dump them at the gate of the shelter, if left they have to survive like savages, if they are fortunate, they find their way to the shelter - should they be put down - is this their fault? Some are so traumatised that they will not find a home but, the shelter is far better than where they have been. Dogs dumped at the gate do not have a history for us to work on, the lucky ones are actually delivered in person to the shelter - they have a head start in providing information to their new potential owner.
The shelter is certainly not an ideal environment for these dogs to be in, it is not the Hilton, it is a half way house, providing them the time and a means to the find a forever loving home. All dogs at the Moorook Animal Shelter have an endless supply of food, a massive tub of water (some of the smart ones use as a swimming pool in this heat) and they all have overhead protection from the weather. It is a sad place of survival. These dogs need positive proactive people helping, supporting, funding and finding homes for them. Negative comments will have such an awful impact on their future, they are there whether we like it or not but we can affect their duration of stay and their journey
We do not live in this world, ours lives are protected from this. We love our animals so much, they are our happiness, but not everyone thinks like this. These dogs are relying on the compassionate people to help them find a better life.
The volunteers of the Moorook Animal Shelter will no longer be responding to the comments on this site. All our spare time will be spent constructively assisting the shelter - please remember that we are all non paid helpers attending our daily employment, managing our homes, loving our families, loving our pets, trying to find time to visit friends etc, there is simply not enough hours in our day.
We hope this post clarifies some of the inaccurate information posted on these forums.
