GINGER THE POMERANIAN LIVES
Last Thursday, I Posted an item about Ginger, a Pomeranian that the facists in Medina County Ohio were going to murder for nipping one of their storm troopers, along with information on an online Petition and contact information for the Medina County Gazette.
There were over 2,000 people who signed the online petition, most of whom said they would adopt Ginger. The Medina County Gazette indicated, in an earlier article that they too got letters, but avoided the question of how many. So the claim in the article, below, that only two people were interested in adopting Ginger, is just plain ludicrous--and the article eventually even concedes that. At any rate, Ginger lives, and let us celebrate her new life far, far away from Ohio!!!
TLC
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Pa. woman, son make trip to save doomed Pomeranian at county’s animal shelter
By DENISE SULLIVAN, Staff Writer
LAFAYETTE TWP. — Ginger, the Pomeranian quarantined for biting an animal shelter employee, has gone to a loving home.
Rita O'Shea, of Evans City, Pa., came to the Medina County Animal Shelter at 6334 Deerview Lane just before it opened Wed-nesday morning to adopt the female dog, who is around 8 or 9 years old.
"I've worked before with dogs that have biting issues," said O'Shea, a former rescue worker. "I was concerned she'd go to someone with no experience."
O'Shea, who left home at 6:45 a.m. to reach the shelter in time, was one of two parties interested in adopting Ginger.
The other, Frances Patterson, of Kent, came just in case no one else was available to adopt the dog.
"If someone else wants to take her, that's fine," Patterson said. "I just wanted to make sure she has a home."
Ginger is not O'Shea's only rescued dog. She also adopted a Papillon from Manhattan two years ago.
O'Shea, who came armed with a pocket of treats, knelt on the floor inside the shelter to meet Ginger.
"We're friends now," she said as the dog ate from her hand.
Ginger was brought into the shelter July 13 after someone found her at Medina High School. Two days after that, Ginger bit an employee who had been holding the dog on her lap.
Individuals and rescue groups flooded the shelter's and Commissioner Sharon Ray's inboxes with phone calls and e-mails decrying the practice of euthanizing dogs that bite.
After consulting with the county prosecutor's office, Ray said in this case alone, the dog could be adopted, but only by a rescue group that signs a waiver and agrees not to transfer ownership of Ginger.
Ginger had been quarantined since the bite, and officially was eligible for adoption Wednesday at 10 a.m.
"This turned out really well," Ray said. "I think Ginger's going to have a happy, forever home."
The shelter's average adoption rate of 80 percent, one of the highest in Ohio, is mainly the result of the staff's hard work, she noted.
"The staff really works hard," she noted. "They're all animal lovers."
Source: Medina County Gazette
There were over 2,000 people who signed the online petition, most of whom said they would adopt Ginger. The Medina County Gazette indicated, in an earlier article that they too got letters, but avoided the question of how many. So the claim in the article, below, that only two people were interested in adopting Ginger, is just plain ludicrous--and the article eventually even concedes that. At any rate, Ginger lives, and let us celebrate her new life far, far away from Ohio!!!
TLC
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Pa. woman, son make trip to save doomed Pomeranian at county’s animal shelter
By DENISE SULLIVAN, Staff Writer
LAFAYETTE TWP. — Ginger, the Pomeranian quarantined for biting an animal shelter employee, has gone to a loving home.
Rita O'Shea, of Evans City, Pa., came to the Medina County Animal Shelter at 6334 Deerview Lane just before it opened Wed-nesday morning to adopt the female dog, who is around 8 or 9 years old.
"I've worked before with dogs that have biting issues," said O'Shea, a former rescue worker. "I was concerned she'd go to someone with no experience."
O'Shea, who left home at 6:45 a.m. to reach the shelter in time, was one of two parties interested in adopting Ginger.
The other, Frances Patterson, of Kent, came just in case no one else was available to adopt the dog.
"If someone else wants to take her, that's fine," Patterson said. "I just wanted to make sure she has a home."
Ginger is not O'Shea's only rescued dog. She also adopted a Papillon from Manhattan two years ago.
O'Shea, who came armed with a pocket of treats, knelt on the floor inside the shelter to meet Ginger.
"We're friends now," she said as the dog ate from her hand.
Ginger was brought into the shelter July 13 after someone found her at Medina High School. Two days after that, Ginger bit an employee who had been holding the dog on her lap.
Individuals and rescue groups flooded the shelter's and Commissioner Sharon Ray's inboxes with phone calls and e-mails decrying the practice of euthanizing dogs that bite.
After consulting with the county prosecutor's office, Ray said in this case alone, the dog could be adopted, but only by a rescue group that signs a waiver and agrees not to transfer ownership of Ginger.
Ginger had been quarantined since the bite, and officially was eligible for adoption Wednesday at 10 a.m.
"This turned out really well," Ray said. "I think Ginger's going to have a happy, forever home."
The shelter's average adoption rate of 80 percent, one of the highest in Ohio, is mainly the result of the staff's hard work, she noted.
"The staff really works hard," she noted. "They're all animal lovers."
Source: Medina County Gazette
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