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The Texas Lab Rescue Thank you for your generosity!

A message of thanks from dogstuff.com

As a result of the outpouring of generosity from the community of dog lovers around the country and around the world, the immediately foreseeable cost of care of the Houston Labs has been assured.

From as far away as France and Japan, from every corner of the United States and Canada, you came forward in the hundreds to help these poor dogs as if they were your own.  

It didn't matter what breed you owned - there were scores of Lab people, of course, but also people who live with and love Neapolitan Mastiffs, Poms, Jack Russells, Goldens, Great Danes, Greyhounds and Ridgebacks - virtually the whole family of canines.

We ask you now to look around your own neighborhood and breed. Hundreds of your neighbors and fellow fanciers are doing rescue work that is just as important as that done by those who are caring for the Houston Labs. The scale may not be as massive, but day by day, and dog by dog, they are saving our best companions from lives of hopelessness, abuse and abandonment.

Heart of Texas Lab Rescue has decided to suspend further internet fundraising - with deep gratitude to all of you who helped - to avoid diverting funds from all the other rescuers who also need your help.  We're glad we were able to assist them with fundraising in this crisis, and proud that they have determined to ask for only enough to meet this emergency.

We think it is a selfless and appropriate decision. Because they are an active rescue group, HOTLab Rescue will continue as they always have once this emergency is past:  taking in needy Labs, struggling to raise the funds to care for them and working tirelessly to find forever homes for the dogs in their care.

And like all good rescues, they will always need money to do their work.

But the HOTLab Rescue folks recognize that there are hundreds of other rescuers out there, all of them in need of support, and they want you to have the opportunity to answer the needs of those other rescues as well.

You've met this emergency with open hearts and hands, and you've given something else that is as important as financial assistance: rescue is often lonely and thankless work, but with your generosity, you've made it clear that there is a worldwide, caring community that is ready to stand behind rescue.

Many of you included notes of support with your donations - those have been read by the volunteers as avidly and emotionally as letters from home.

For those of you for whom Labs are a particular passion, we encourage you to look into such organizations as LABMED and Labrador Lifeline.  Both of those national organizations assist local rescues with extraordinary costs associated with Labrador rescue.

For other breeds, one of the many resources for finding rescue organizations is located at this site:

http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/animal_rescue

Sincerely,

Rick and Jane Fish
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