A Safe Haven for Tom & Jerry!

“The Tom & Jerry Caper” -MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - BUT WE DID IT!

I wanted to send a formal thank you to the staff and volunteers of SHHS that tirelessly worked to love, nurture and socialize our special boys, Tom & Jerry. To know the notorious brothers is to love them. Our patience and hard work paid off tenfold. They were accepted and successfully transported to an animal sanctuary near Seattle, WA, on March 4, 2010. It is called Pasado’s Safe Haven.

Pasado's Safe Haven is one of the premiere animal rescue organizations in the United States, dedicated to 24-hour rescue and rehabilitation of dogs, cats and farm animals. Located on 85 pastoral and wooded acres one hour northeast of Seattle, Washington, the sanctuary is home to hundreds of dogs, cats, cows, chickens, ducks, goats, turkeys, pigs, and donkeys. Most arrived from abuse or neglect and now live out their lives in peace. www.pasadosafehaven.org

Tom and Jerry will live at Pasado’s indefinitely. They will be loved, socialized and trained so that someday they will be ready to be adopted into wonderful forever homes. Tom and Jerry are safe, happy and well on their way to mental and emotional recovery at the sanctuary.

The staff at Pasado’s has shown Tom and Jerry the very best in hospitality. The boys live in a real "house" with their very own personal caretaker, Kelly--no more glass doors, no more gawking strangers, no more boredom and no more sitting in a shelter waiting to be adopted. Kelly met the boys and fell in love with them as soon as they stepped out of the van. Kelly is a very experienced animal welfare specialist and lives on the grounds at Pasado’s. Tom and Jerry will have her 24 hour a day care and guidance. They are already very attached to Kelly and they are being socialized with the other sanctuary dogs and new people on a daily basis. The boys get to run and play in fenced horse pastures and are having a blast just being puppies!


I know that every one of the SHHS staff and volunteers have hoped, dreamed, and prayed that Tom and Jerry would have a chance at life, at Pasado’s they have that chance.

Judy Simon and I personally transported Tom and Jerry to Pasado’s Safe Haven via Alaska Airlines. This successful mission would not have been possible without generous contributions from our own personal funds, donations and The generosity of Stacey Hall, President, Southern Hope Humane Society. A huge portion of the expense funding came from SHHS.

If you have already contributed to The Tom and Jerry Caper, thank you. If you haven’t you can still have the opportunity to make a donation directly to SHHS (http://www.southernhope.org/donate.html) or you can send a donation directly to Tom and Jerry at Pasado’s Safe Haven (http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/donate.html).


It means the world to us to ensure that these special puppies have the chance to just be puppies. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Victoria Allen

Former Shelter Manager, Southern Hope Humane Society

"No matter how little money or how little possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." --- Louis Sabin