23/06/2020
INDIANA
Charlestown, IN
Date Missing: April 23, 2020
German Shorthaired Pointer
Female
Cabela
Solid Liver (Brown) w/ white on chest
Classified as Missing/Stolen at this time
Cabela is dearly missed and is no doubt missing her family as well.
Link to Original Post: https://www.facebook.com/105013007684183/posts/167491624769654/
108 Days...(as of August 9, 2020)
108 days ago Willow and Cabela, two female German Shorthaired Pointers (GSP), decided that an adventure was in store and took off after something (bird, squirrel, deer....). Only this time they didn’t return home. The owners called and visited every shelter in the area, called every animal control officer for each city in the county, posted on social media, and every day followed any and all leads. Still as the days passed no sightings of Willow or Cabela were reported.
After reaching out to the GSP Page, the page helped the owners make posters and share posts across the Midwest hoping that the social media shares would bring them home. Still nothing.
Day 23
23 days later after Willow and Cabela went missing, a 501c3 Rescue Organization in another state posted Willow for adoption. She was listed as a 1 year old (She’s 5) GSP coming as an owner surrender from Wisconsin. The excitement of possibly getting Willow back home quickly turned to pleas from the owner asking the rescue where she was being held. The owners even offered to pay the full $800 “adoption fee” but the 501c3 Rescue Organization refused to acknowledge or assist in any way to reunite Willow with her family. The adoption post was quickly deleted by the dog rescue and then radio silence from the owner of said rescue.
A small group of individuals immediately starting searching for clues and information. It was discovered that Willow was being held in a rural shelter located in a nearby state, after being transported by the one group of individuals that should be there to support the welfare of animals, the Animal Control Officers. The rural shelter was identified and the owners, along with the local sheriffs’ office, met there. Willow was indeed in a back room at the shelter. Thankfully, Willow was reunited with her owners, only a few hours before transport was scheduled to send her to yet another state hours away. (Willow was awaiting transport even AFTER the owners reached out to the 501c3 Rescue Organization inquiring about Willow’s adoption post, AFTER the rescue denied knowing anything about Willow’s location, and AFTER the owners called and visited the shelters and animal control officers!). So yes, that rescue absolutely knew where Willow was when the owners reached out asking for help. Apparently, receiving that potential adoption fee was more important to them.
Willow was found filthy, covered in mud, thin, emotionally withdrawn, and not displaying the same personality that she had when she disappeared on April 23rd. She is currently at home recovering.
So where is Cabela?
Cabela is the Solid Liver GSP and is still missing. Did the rescue that was taking Willow from her home, also have Cabela? It has been learned she was possibly transported to a rescue north of Indiana after Willow and Cabela were separated by the Animal Control Officers.
To be noted: Animal Control did not log either dog as being found and behind the scenes gave them to a rescue hours away from where they went missing. Why? For money? Seems likely. The animal control officer knew Willow and Cabela’s family but sadly chose money/kickback finder’s fee (reason is unknown) over returning the two to the only home they have ever known. It was an intentional act of cruelty to both Willow and Cabela, who at ages 5 & 7 years old, have been together in the same home their entire lives and have been well cared for and loved by their family. Cabela was also recovering from surgery and had 3-week old puppies at home. The fact she has had to heal alone without her family is heartbreaking in itself. The fact that her family, including the boys that greatly miss her, could not give the Animal Control Officers a sense of obligation to tell the owners or investigators assigned to the case where Cabela is currently is being held is wrong. The lack of morality continues to baffle the many individuals who have followed this story from the beginning. As the truth slowly comes to light, it is with hope that someone will come forward with the whole truth to help bring Cabela safely home.
Another sad fact of this situation is the rescue and animal control officers involved not only choose money over being the hero to this family but could have saved another two dogs that were really in need from one of many of the animal shelters around the country. Instead, the rescue seeks out “quick flip” dogs, like GSPs, that already have social skills, are house trained, socialized with other animals, need minimal temperament checks, & require low medical care costs, which of course brings high traffic/max profit for that 501c3 Rescue. All the while the rescue pretends to be the hero of shelter dogs, but appears to be only cherry picking highly adoptable animals that the rescue owner likely never sees beyond the original shelter photo taken.
So where is Cabela? Is she still in Indiana? Is she in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, the Northeast, the Midwest? The most heart-wrenching part of all of this is not knowing where Cabela is & how she is being treated. At this time her location is unknown.
If you have any leads or information, PLEASE contact the owners directly via the contact information below or the local authorities. If you wish to remain anonymous you can also email our page at [email protected]. There is a reward for legitimate leads and information leading to Cabela’s location and subsequent safe return home.
As Day 108 Begins, who has the information, or in the case of the rescue/animal control involved, the conscience, to bring Cabela home safely to her family?
Cabela’s Owners Contact information:
(502) 554-5440
(502) 836-7109
GSP Lost & Found Page Email
[email protected]
INDIANA
Charlestown, IN
Date Missing: April 23, 2020
German Shorthaired Pointer
Female
Cabela
Solid Liver (Brown) w/ white on chest
Classified as Missing/Stolen at this time
