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Roxy in new home
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Roxy with adoptive
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Roxy with child
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Roxy: The Little Wonder
Roxy was nearly run over by Board
Member Laurel Ley and Executive
Director Laura Bradshaw when she ran out in front of their
rental car in Hugo, Oklahoma at 3:30 a.m. Laurel and Laura were
on a road they shouldn’t have even been on. Roxy darted
in front of the car, then doubled back to see who they were
when they screeched to a halt; typical behavior of an abandoned
animal. She then disappeared under the car. When Laura opened
the door to see where Roxy had gone; (HELLO!) she jumped on
in. And now they had a new passenger.
A police officer at the local 7-11 said that Animal Control
would not be open until Monday; it was early Saturday a.m. He
further clarified that there was nowhere to take her at that
time of night; and that if they wanted her off the streets, they
should just take her. Laurel happened to have a microchip reader
with her (isn’t that what everyone travels with) and no
luck.
Upon further observation and greasy touch, it was obvious that
Roxy had been on her own for a while as she was thin, half covered
in crude oil, and had scabs from flea bites all over her; plus
she was covered in fleas. Laurel and Laura took down the local
Animal Control office number and vowed to call on Monday. They
stopped at a 24-hour Walmart and bought supplies for her; then
continued on their journey. Once at the hotel Roxy got the bath
of a lifetime.
Saturday, the friends Laura and Laurel were visiting got an
appointment with their local vet, and Roxy was taken in for a
checkup, her vaccinations, and she was double-checked for a microchip.
On Monday, Laurel called not only the Hugo Animal Control but
also the local paper and any other place or organization where
if someone has lost a pet they would have contacted them; nothing
describing Roxy was found listed going back many weeks. Apparently
rural Hugo is a dumping ground for unwanted pets.
It was obvious that what Roxy needed was a good and loving home.
With just a few phone calls to friends and loved ones it was
the fastest placement in history. Roxy flew back to Utah with
Laura Bradshaw who delivered her to her new home a week later
in Northern California. Short of the massive case of poison sumac
that Laura got on her arm after holding Roxy for hours in the
car before getting to the hotel, everything worked out great.
Roxy is very loved and VERY spoiled in her new home, and she
deserves every minute of it.
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