48 dogs rescued from Northern Alberta

[Catherine]

Several rescue groups from the Calgary area got a call about dogs needing rescuing in High Level, Alberta.
They had to drive 11 hours just to get to the dogs. Some were owner surrendered, but many were living at the city dump foraging for scraps.  They rescued them just in time. A litter of newborns lost one baby because they were outside in the cold without proper food.

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I love the enthusiasm and determination of the rescuers. It is easy to be excited about going to rescue dogs nearby. They drove for 11 hours, each way to rescue the dogs.  They are cute and fairly well behaved considering what they have been through.
Lots of households in Alberta are about to get a dog even if they don't know it yet. Once they see the dogs and hear about their situation they will want to bring one home.

[Tobi]

What a wonderful, dedicated rescue!   Those dogs must have been so relieved and glad to be helped, and brought into the warm...with beds and food. That Mama dog with the pups looks not too bad at a glance, considering how she must have had to live during her pregnancy and whelping. Thank goodness they are getting the help they need!

It makes me wonder how many other situations like that there might be that haven't yet been reported, or no-one knows about yet?

How strange. I dreamed I was rescuing a little black pup from the snow last night and taking it to a warmer place.

[Catherine]

There are a lot of isolated communities. If a couple of dogs have puppies it can expand to many dogs in a short time. There are no vets and food is very expensive. 

This is a link about the town.

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The dogs were over 1000 km from Calgary. That was quite a rescue effort. It was not easy to drive that far, collect dogs and then drive back with all those dogs in crates.

There are probably stray dogs in small towns all over Alberta and any other province and territory with remote northern communities. That is most of Canada. The really northern arctic communities have to be reached by airplane. There are no roads. They have terrible problems with strays because there is no one to spay and neuter dogs or vaccinate them. There are groups trying to send help. It takes time, money and people who are trained enough to help.

We may never hear all the stories, but I hope any dogs who are strays get help before the winter comes.