TSPCA: November 2010

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tulsa SPCA assists in finding homes for dogs from a breeder

Tulsa SPCA assists in finding homes for dogs from a breeder who is no longer in business.

This event took place on Saturday, November 20, 2010.
A breeder in the Durant became ill and could no longer support her 3 employees who took care of her 144 dogs. She decided to close her business and instead of giving her dogs to other breeders, she decided to ask for help from Ruth Steinberger.

Ruth Steinberger is well known and recognized in the rural communities where she sets up spay and neuter clinics from her mobile unit. Ruth coordinated the effort to find these dogs new homes and contacted Caroline Nolan, owner of Schnauzer rescue in Tulsa. Caroline called a few rescue organizations in the Tulsa area, including Tulsa SPCA, to see if they could help place these dogs in good homes. We decided we could take about a dozen dogs.

Ruth drove up from the Durant area in her pickup pulling a trailer and met Caroline and us at Tulsa Hills shopping center. She brought about 75 dogs and we ended up taking 25 dogs. Caroline took a few dogs for the Schnauzer Rescue Group. After the exchange, Ruth headed on to the other rescue groups that promised to take dogs. As she was leaving, she expressed concern of finding places for the remaining 69 dogs she left behind and is in contact with other rescue organizations. Please enjoy the video of how your donations go to saving the lives and finding homes for our furry friends.

We hope you enjoy the video of this event: