Curly Joe's journey begins in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was May 2008 when he was brought to Pet Savers Shelter. We know he was near death and found next to a nail salon. The shelter worker, Janice, who received him didn't believe he'd make it through the night because he was so weak and kept passing out. She kept him at her house, and later he went to live with Linda, who owns Pet Savers. During this time, he had several seizures and the veterinarian decided he'd probably been poisoned. Pet Savers didn't have the money to do in depth testing, and over time Curly seemed to grow stronger.
I was keeping a journal on my messageboard chronicling my adventures in animal rescue. The very first post I made about my work at the shelter featured a picture of Curly and his story. One of the posters (grubbygirl) simply said "I want him." I thought she was joking or it was just wishful thinking. Little did I know, she meant what she said! And her sister, turtle tracks, definitely wanted him. We started looking into animal transport options.
After realizing he probably couldn't get a clean bill of health to fly (and that flying can be quite risky), and that trying to create a transport chain from Louisiana to Oregon just wouldn't work, we decided to meet half way, in Boulder, CO.
I was keeping a journal on my messageboard chronicling my adventures in animal rescue. The very first post I made about my work at the shelter featured a picture of Curly and his story. One of the posters (grubbygirl) simply said "I want him." I thought she was joking or it was just wishful thinking. Little did I know, she meant what she said! And her sister, turtle tracks, definitely wanted him. We started looking into animal transport options.
After realizing he probably couldn't get a clean bill of health to fly (and that flying can be quite risky), and that trying to create a transport chain from Louisiana to Oregon just wouldn't work, we decided to meet half way, in Boulder, CO.
