Animal welfare is my life but it's also making me lose my mind.

Author: Jessica Kooistra

  • This Bites

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    A temperamental cat does not enjoy being touched, the woman reaches out anyway and is subsequently bitten on the arm. A fearful dog is backed into a corner, his growls ignored, the only way he knows how to react now is to land a bite on the outstretched hand coming towards him. A puppy is…

  • The Bond

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    It was a sunny Wednesday morning. The call I received was that EMT’s are requesting an animal control officer at their location to assist with a dog at the residence. I arrived and was told they need to transport the elderly female in the home to the hospital but there is a dog in the…

  • My Rainbow Bridge

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    The pain free death. The good death. The humane death. The debated death. Working in a field where euthanasia is an everyday topic, influences the way you think about death. I would be lying if I said it does not affect you. I would be lying if I said you don’t get used to it.…

  • White Horses – Black Dog

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    It had already been a busy spring day with multiple calls. Late in the afternoon I received a call about a dog laying in a horse pasture seemingly injured and unable to move. This was not a pasture in the countryside however, it was a piece of land in city outskirts zoned to allow the…

  • Allow me to introduce myself.

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    A blog about a girl who set out to rescue animals and is slowly loosing her mind because of it.