Antelope Valley Dog and Cat Rescue, Inc.

A 2 YEAR RESCUE ATTEMPT CAME TO A SAD ENDING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009 FOR 2 YEARS VILMA DREVER HAS BEEN TRYING TO RESCUE 2 DOGS THAT WERE ABONDED IN THE DESERT. THEY WERE LIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 138 BETWEEN LITTLEROCK AND PEARBLOSSOM. VILMA HAS BEEN LEAVING WATER AND FOOD FOR THEM SO THEY COULD SURVIVE AND HOPEFULLY GAIN TRUST IN HER. THESE DOGS WOULD USE A DRAINAGE CULVERT UNDER THE HIGHWAY FOR SHELTER AND A MEANS OF CROSSING THE BUSY HIGHWAY BETWEEN A PEACH ORCHIRD AND THE OPEN DESERT. ONE DOG WAS A MALE AND VILMA NAMED HIM SAMHO. THE OTHER WAS FEMALE AND NAMED MEEKA. SAMHO BECAME ACCOUSTOMED TO VILMA’S VISISTS AND WOULD COME NEAR ENOUGH AT TIMES TO CATCH, BUT VILMA KNEW SHE HAD TO CATCH BOTH TOGETHER. MEEKA WAS THE ONE THAT WAS HESITANT AND WOULD RUN OUT INTO THE DESERT WHENEVER VILMA ARRIVED. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO VILMA SAW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MEEKA. SHE HAD DEVELOPED A TUMOR ON HER ABDOMEN AND WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING TROUBLE. TRY AS SHE COULD, VILMA WAS NEVER ABLE TO CATCH THE DOGS TOGETHER UNTIL LAST THURSDAY WHEN SHE SAW SAMHO STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CULVERT WITH MEEKA LYING INSIDE. VILMA HEADED FOR THE SANCTUARY FOR EQUIPMENT AND PRAYED FOR HELP. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF EACH OTHER, VOLUTEERS STEVE AND JOHN SHOWED UP. VILMA RALLIED THE TROUPS AND ALL THREE WERE OFF TO HELP MEEKA. ONE END OF THE CULVERT WAS BARRICADED AND MANED BY JOHN WHILE STEVE AND VILMA WERE AT THE OTHER END WORKING OUT THEIR STRATEGY. STEVE SLOWLY ENTERED THE CULVERT AND WORKED HIS WAY TOWARD MEEKA. SHE BARKED AT HIM AND SLOWLY MOVED TOWARD THE OTHER END. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES MEEKA HAD BEEN CAUGHT. MEEKA WAS IN BAD SHAPE. THE TUMOR HAD BURST SOMETIME AGO AND WAS HANGING UNDERNEITH HER. SHE WAS COVERED WITH FLUID AND SCARED. SAMHO HAD RETREATED INTO THE ORCHARD AND WAS WATCHING AND WONDERING WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIS FRIEND OF SO MANY YEARS. VILMA RUSHED MEEKA TO THE VET HOSPITAL AND TOLD THE DOCTORS TO SAVE MEEKA IF THEY POSSIBLE COULD, NO MATTER WHAT. “I WANT THIS DOG TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE HUMAN LOVES HER”. WE FEEL SHE KNEW THAT AS HER SUFFERING CAME TO AN END AND SHE IS NOW AT A PLACE WHERE SHE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED. NOW WE NEED TO RESCUE SAMHO. HE HAS LOST HIS BEST FRIEND, IS SCARED AND DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN HIS WORLD. VILMA WANTS SAMHO TO KNOW THE LOVE THAT HE DESERVES, TO HEAL THE LOSS THAT HE MUST BE FEELING FOR MEEKA. PLEASE SAY A PRAYER THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RESCUE SAMHO. WE WANT HIM TO KNOW A HUMANS LOVE.