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I volunteered to help care for the Ed Faron Pit bull dogs. I fell in love with them. I have not been able to sleep and am sickened that the HSUS testified against the dogs and wanted them killed. The Wilkes County Sheriff and his deputies were actually willing to allow the dogs to be evaluated by Best Friends out of Utah. But the chain of command up the ladder...including N.C. "dangerous" animal laws and ordinances on the books would not allow these precious dogs to live.

They were all precious, playful, funny and wondeful. One of my favorites was Vader..old scarred up male with cut ears and a "good ole boy" personality. He loved it when he got fresh wood shavings in his bed and would wollar all down in it and kiss my hand in thanks. Vader was Alpha male and let us know that he wanted his food FIRST. "Woof. woof, woof".

We cared for these wonderful dogs over a period of 2 months and never once was there any aggression towards any of us.

So many puppies were born. Two females looked as if they had been overbred (said the vet) and they were so skinny. I gave them Goats milk and extra food that I brought in and fattened them up. We would take their puppies out and feed them separate to give those poor stressed and worn out mommies a break. I swear you could see the stress leave their faces when they got a break from 9 and 10 puppies pulling on their teets all of the time.

Duchess (small Brendle female) insisted on her breakfast in bed. And we complied. When she first came to the warehouse she held her head low and observed us supiciously. But after a while, she would strtch up on the bars and reach out to be petted when we entered the warehouse.
One black and white male would only eat when hand fed by one of the workers. Then he slowly would accept food on the floor...but not in a bowl. Didn't like that ole metal bowl.

Several of us took puppies home and nursed them back to health when they were very close to death from Cocidia (sp?)..they got it from their mothers when they were born. I had to give "Henry" fluids with a siringe
under his skin. But he got well and fat. Then they made us bring those precious babies back to the warehouse to be killed.

I could tell you wonderful stories about each of the dogs...and I even took pictures to post on the internet hoping to stir people to fight to save these dogs. All this got the dogs was me getting on the "sh!t" side of my supervisor in charge at the warehouse and Wilkes County and HSUS. Myself and two others got banned from coming back to the warehouse and caring for the dogs on the last few days of their lives. Ed Faron had already been convicted and time was running out..but I was threatened to be indicted (says someone at the warehouse that was in charge) for risking the location of where the dogs were being held as evidence. I never breathed the location...ever. The photo that I took never revealed anything that gave away the location.
This was bullsh!t to try and scare me so that I would shut up. But I did not shut up.

It was so horribly depressing.

We need to come together and fight this bullcrap. I am so sick from this whole experience that I will never be the same again.

I have to grab Phantom and my other dogs and hold them close, so thankful that they are safe here with me and not dancing with the devil!

We fell in love with the Wildside Kennel dogs. All of us cried when they killed them.

Bring a candle . Help us grieve for these dogs while we make a statement to legislature in Raleigh that we are sick of our pit bull dogs being treated with ignorance. The legislation concerning pit bull dogs and other innocent animals MUST CHANGE! I will NOT shut up.


The vigil is well organized. There will many pit bull dog owners there.