Gyspy Hearts Rescue Inc

06/02/2022

Hi Everyone!

Thank you so much for liking and sharing our page. You are truly appreciated! During the Summer months, the rescue will be looking for property. Here in Southwest Florida, we all know the values are insanely high. Every donation, regardless the amount, counts. All funds go directly towards the items listed on our GoFundMe. As of right now, property is the main necessity. In order to grow the rescue, we need the space. Unfortunately, as a small rescue, funds as well as space is limited. The rescue has had endless emails in regards to rescuing pets in need but I simply don’t have the room. Goats were even on the rescue list! And we love goats! 😊

Please spread the word. All donations are greatly appreciated. Property donations are welcomed as well! Do you know someone who has a property around the desoto/hardee/Charlotte County area who is behind in property taxes, has unwanted property tax expenses etc? We will pay back owed taxes in lieu of the property. Please let me know! Must be zoned for agricultural purposes please. Water and sewer already on site is not an issue. If you would like more information about our rescue, have questions, or want to donate via other means instead of gofundme, please PM me

Thank you!

Gypsy Hearts Rescue Team

05/05/2022

Luna has so much love to give.

04/28/2022

Hi everyone! I have many people asking my rescue to take in their animals. Without the proper funds and supplies, I am unable to. Currently, I have a beautiful cat with her 5 kittens, puppies that need rehoming etc. All pledges, donations, and fosters are greatly appreciated! Please message me if you can help. Please share this post with others who can donate $, supplies, or foster our animals. All fostering prospects must meet certain criteria! With that being said, I will supply all food and necessities for all animals fostered under the foster’s care .

04/24/2022

Hello!

As you all probably know, we are a non-profit. We are dedicated to helping domestic abuse victims get out of their current situation. Whether it be mental, physical, or sexual abuse, our sanctuary is here to help! All donations go towards helping victims of domestic abuse. Our animals provide therapy along the way and undergo extensive training based on becoming emotional support animals.

Any donations are greatly appreciated! Not only do your donations contribute to our furry friend’s needs, they also contribute to property dedicated to housing a women and her children in a domestic violence situation.

All household goods are needed. All children goods are needed such as infant formula, diapers, clothing, toys, etc.

Donations will provide construction of emergency cottage, property expenses, emotional support animal care, utility payments, legal fees, childcare expenses, food and sponsorships.

If I know you personally, any donation helps! Please send to my address or I will pick up. ❤️

04/23/2022

Hi everyone! Welcome to Gypsy Hearts Rescue! We recently started this rescue for neglected animals. We are a non-profit rescue and sanctuary who are dedicated to providing a safe, loving environment for those who have no voice.

Gypsy Hearts Rescue was created as a non-profit organization with one thing in mind:

A place of refuge for those who have suffered a life of abuse, neglect, and trauma. A place of peace and new beginnings.

And this isn’t just for our four-legged Friends…

You see, the sanctuary is for not only animals who have endured trauma, but people too.

Our rescue is home to women and children who have suffered emotional trauma, physical, sexual, and mental abuse from the hands of someone they thought they could trust, like our furry friends. It is a place they can visit to get away from their current situation, if just for a few hours to get the help and info they need to hopefully break free and start a new life.

The animals at the rescue aren’t just pets. They are therapy animals who comfort those in traumatic situations, Veterans who have PTSD, children and adults with disabilities and mental health diagnosis.

Your donations will support the following:

Fees involved with rescues

Food and feeding supplies

Shelter

Property to support our growing rescue. This can come in the form of donations or as a gift if within 50 miles of the 34288 zip code. If gifted, must be over 1 acre and near utilities or utilities already present. If a structure is located on the property, that would be ideal 🙂

Expensive Veterinary costs which include shots, spaying or neutering, medical needs, medications, deworming, heartworm prevention, emergency visits and necessary surgeries and therapy

Enclosures for our livestock (they make wonderful companions believe it or not!)

Overhead costs for maintaining the rescue which is currently out of pocket

Training for our pups which includes basic obedience classes, therapy dog certification, and in certain cases, service animal certification for select individuals who cannot afford the costs associated with purchasing a service animal.

Sponsorships

Cat and Dog toys, blankets, crates for transporting.

Build and maintain a “safe cottage” for emergency situations. Utilities, food, and basic toiletries for overnight stay.

Funds designated towards helping abuse victims find the necessary aide they need to leave an unsafe environment and situation.
Clothing, blankets, toys, for children of all ages. Formula, diapers, wipes, over the counter medication expenses

Women’s clothing and toiletries, education and workforce expenses, legal fees, coaching and mentor fees, daycare fees if needed.

Therapy and counseling funds

Inspirational and Encouraging gifts for women and children that need encouragement, positive reinforcement, and a reason for moving forward

04/23/2022

04/23/2022

WRITTEN BY A VET:
“I have been writing this post in my head for nearly 3 years and until today I've never been brave enough to post it. But recently some people doing similar work and facing much the same reality have used social media to speak up about a topic that for so long has not been discussed. Their bravery has given me the courage to finally share my thoughts and experiences about something that I’ve needed to for so long.

Today I euthanized 5 dogs. This is not an uncommon task for a vet to perform and getting into the profession you are well aware of the fact that this is something you will have to do in your chosen career. However, the dogs I put down today were not sick, they were not injured, they were not old and they were not unhealthy in any way. They were not untamed and they were not aggressive. They were perfect, healthy and normal dogs. There was no reason for them to lose their lives today other than that they were failed by humans because of the current overpopulation crisis of domestic animals particularly dogs that so few people are prepared to accept and try to understand.

The euthanasia of healthy animals by animal welfare organisations and shelters across the world is something that we need to start talking about but it is not an easy topic for someone who is in this line of work to discuss. One, because how can you possibly put into words something that is so deeply personal and difficult to come to terms with in your own mind and two, how can you risk the possibility of losing such important funding that keeps welfare organisations and shelters alive by drawing attention to something that the public at large simply know very little about and so few people understand.

The dogs that I put down today were so excited to see me. How lucky they were to have someone in their kennel giving them attention and maybe just maybe they'd even be so lucky as to be taken out for a walk - their tails were wagging and everyone was jumping for joy. One of them was nervous and scared of me. This was a dog that had likely never had much in the way of attention or love from a human being. I have tried everything possible to make the task easier for myself and for those who assist me. I have tried doing it in their kennels, I’ve tried doing it on the grass outside so that the dogs can walk for a bit to experience one last bit of freedom and fresh air. I’ve fed them last meals, I’ve done it in the clinic and nothing makes it easier. The only thing that makes it bearable for me is to sedate them first so that they are sleeping when their lives end and not wagging their tails looking at me – I know this is a luxury that many other people doing this work do not have access to.

Today I chose to put them down in their kennels after I’d sedated them. Letting them leave on a bed and blanket that they have used for comfort for the past few weeks or sometimes even months. I take care to make sure that no other dog or animal is a witness but still the others around them must know. Usually the dogs bark endlessly at any small movement or sound but there is nothing more deafening than the silence of nearly one hundred dogs while ending the life of one of their neighbours or friends. They must know and I so often wonder if they are thinking if they are next or when their time will come.

In their final moments I tell each of them that I am sorry and for those who leave behind friends, puppies or siblings I promise them that I will take care of them and do my very best to find them homes or see that they are cared for properly. These are trivial words compared to what I should be saying to them but it’s hard to give them the apology they so deserve in the short time it takes for the life to leave their little bodies. What I should be saying to them is that I’m sorry you never got the opportunity to experience what it’s like to sleep on a couch and I’m sorry that those who did get to sleep on a couch once have ended up being unwanted and failed by the humans who took them into their homes in the first place. I’m so sorry that they were born into a world that didn’t have space for them and so many others. I’m sorry that they weren’t pretty enough or the right breed to be one of the chosen ones and I’m sorry that for months or for some of them nearly a year countless people walked past their cage and decided not to choose them or to leave and rather choose to buy a puppy somewhere else instead.

I have tried my best to cope with it as I know many others do too - by doing what I believe is everything humanly possible to find unwanted dogs and cats homes. I spend hours of my time holding them while they pose for photos, writing posts for Facebook, advertising them and putting their stories and personalities into words as best I can all in the hopes of someone deciding to choose them. I talk to people and encourage them to adopt but this does not always work. I have spayed until 10pm at night before because if I can just do one more spay it might help. Like so many others in this line of work, I have done hours of work behind the scenes and out of the public eye for no benefit other than hopefully having to euthanize one less healthy animal. I have done my fair share of adopting too having adopted 8 dogs and regularly contemplate whether I could take on another one or two despite my home already being near overrun.

But it is still not enough and the burden of this crisis and war that we are fighting against over population is not to be borne by only a small group of people across the world who are prepared to sacrifice so much because they are not ignorant to the reality of what is going on around them. It is something that everyone who has ever loved an animal has to accept as their fight too. Which is one of the reasons I am writing this post and have been trying to write it for so long.

Everyone has a way in which they can contribute to this fight and many are simple.
- Volunteer - spend time at a local animal shelter or organisation so you have a better understanding of what is happening out there. The animals in shelters love attention and walks even if it is only to make their time there more comfortable until it must come to an end.
- Donate if you can and especially towards sterilisation programs. We must stop these animals at their source – the more puppies and kittens we can prevent, the fewer healthy dogs need to be put down.
- Adopt if you are in a position to get a new pet. There is no reason to go out and buy a dog or cat when there are such perfect ones looking for homes. If everyone who could did choose to adopt, the world would be a much better place for it.

Thank you to those who continue to support me and my work especially through donations towards my sterilisation programs. Every donation that helps me do a spay gives me the strength to face another day and I have a lot of hope that we can change the world one spay at a time. I only wish to create more awareness about the crisis we are facing and I hope that those working in this line of work feel that my words here have done this important topic justice.

I do hope that in my lifetime I could live in a world where no healthy animal is euthanized due to lack of space, lack of homes or lack of resources available. I’m not sure if I will ever get to see that be a reality but I think we all know by now that I will never give up trying! “

📷 : Photo by Kate Jackson-Moss

The dog featured here was a dog I euthanased last year. I was very fond of him but sadly had to let him go. I still think of him often and wish things were different for him and so many others.

04/22/2022

Our rescue is dedicated to pairing our animals with that special owner in mind. All adoptions are contingent based on the best environment for the animal. There is a reason for this! Some dogs hate all dogs. Some dogs get along with bigger dogs but not small. Some dogs hate cats. Some dogs are ok with older children but not babies/toddlers. Some dogs have higher energy levels than others. We evaluate and train each and every pup to ensure the go to a home best suited for them. That is why it is in the best interest of the prospective adopter to be honest with their lifestyle/ current pets/ and family members in the household. We have a very detailed adoption form that ensures our rescues have a stable, permanent home best suited to their needs, and the expectations of their human companion. Our rescues aren’t money makers. They aren’t a one size fits all. We ensure they have a perfect match prior to adoption. And we always take our animals back based on the adoption agreement should situations change

04/19/2022

https://www.gofundme.com/f/gypsy-hearts-rescue-sanctuary-inc?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp_guide_do&member=18804871

Hi everyone! My name is Amber. I recently started this rescue for neglected anim… Amber Kennebrook needs your support for Gypsy Hearts Rescue & Sanctuary Inc

04/19/2022

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I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will. First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know. That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a Great Dane would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog". Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are. If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of ex*****on, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment. Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down". First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets co**se will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right? I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can't get the pictures out of your head I deal with everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes. My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE! Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one person's mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say "I saw this and it made me want to adopt". THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT. ~ Author unknown

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